Emergence of Sequence Type 398 as a Community- and Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in Northern Manhattan.
Uhlemann, Anne-Catrin 1; Hafer, Cory 1; A. Miko, Benjamin 1; G. Sowash, Madeleine 1; Sullivan, Sean B. 1; Shu, Qiuhu 3; Lowy, Franklin D. 1,2
[Report] Clinical Infectious Diseases. 57(5):700-703, September 1, 2013.

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The methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) clone sequence type (ST) 398 has increasingly been identified as a pathogen in diverse geographic settings, yet its epidemiology remains incompletely understood. In this case-control study of MSSA infections, we identified ST398 MSSA as both a major community- and hospital-associated MSSA pathogen in the Dominican neighborhood of northern Manhattan.

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