Impact of mass migrations on the clonal variation of clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from the Western region of Saudi Arabia

• Main Authors: Ibrahim A. Al-Zahrani (Author), Esam I. Azhar (Author), Asif A. Jiman-Fatani (Author), Loai A. Siddig (Author), Muhammad Yasir (Author), Ahmed K. Al-Ghamdi (Author), Colin R. Harwood (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: A rapid molecular typing system was used to determine the impact of mass migration on the clonal variation of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH) Jeddah, in the western region of Saudi Arabia. This region experiences an annual influx of...