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dc.contributor.authorvan Hal, S.
dc.contributor.authorSteinig, E.
dc.contributor.authorAndersson, P.
dc.contributor.authorHolden, M.
dc.contributor.authorHarris, S.
dc.contributor.authorNimmo, G.
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, D.
dc.contributor.authorHeffernan, H.
dc.contributor.authorRitchie, S.
dc.contributor.authorKearns, A.
dc.contributor.authorEllington, M.
dc.contributor.authorDickson, E.
dc.contributor.authorde Lencastre, H.
dc.contributor.authorCoombs, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorBentley, S.
dc.contributor.authorParkhill, J.
dc.contributor.authorHolt, D.
dc.contributor.authorGiffard, P.
dc.contributor.authorTong, S.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-08T04:41:59Z
dc.date.available2018-08-08T04:41:59Z
dc.date.created2018-08-08T03:50:58Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationvan Hal, S. and Steinig, E. and Andersson, P. and Holden, M. and Harris, S. and Nimmo, G. and Williamson, D. et al. 2018. Global scale dissemination of ST93: A divergent staphylococcus aureus epidemic lineage that has recently emerged from remote northern Australia. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: Article ID 1453.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69714
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fmicb.2018.01453
dc.description.abstract

Background: In Australia, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) lineage sequence type (ST) 93 has rapidly risen to dominance since being described in the early 1990s. We examined 459 ST93 genome sequences from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, and Europe to investigate the evolutionary history of ST93, its emergence in Australia and subsequent spread overseas. Results: Comparisons with other S. aureus genomes indicate that ST93 is an early diverging and recombinant lineage, comprising of segments from the ST59/ST121 lineage and from a divergent but currently unsampled Staphylococcal population. However, within extant ST93 strains limited genetic diversity was apparent with the most recent common ancestor dated to 1977 (95% highest posterior density 1973-1981). An epidemic ST93 population arose from a methicillin-susceptible progenitor in remote Northern Australia, which has a proportionally large Indigenous population, with documented overcrowded housing and a high burden of skin infection. Methicillin-resistance was acquired three times in these regions, with a clade harboring a staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) IVa expanding and spreading to Australia's east coast by 2000. We observed sporadic and non-sustained introductions of ST93-MRSA-IVa to the United Kingdom. In contrast, in New Zealand, ST93-MRSA-IVa was sustainably transmitted with clonal expansion within the Pacific Islander population, who experience similar disadvantages as Australian Indigenous populations. Conclusion: ST93 has a highly recombinant genome including portions derived from an early diverging S. aureus population. Our findings highlight the need to understand host population factors in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistant community pathogens.

dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundation
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleGlobal scale dissemination of ST93: A divergent staphylococcus aureus epidemic lineage that has recently emerged from remote northern Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume9
dcterms.source.numberJUL
dcterms.source.issn1664-302X
dcterms.source.titleFrontiers in Microbiology
curtin.departmentSchool of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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