PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nabanita Mukherjee
AU  - Irshad M. Sulaiman
AU  - Pratik Banerjee
TI  - Characterization of Methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> Isolates from Fitness Centers in Memphis Metropolitan Area, USA
AID  - 10.1101/061044
DP  - 2016 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 061044
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/06/29/061044.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/06/29/061044.full
AB  - Indoor skin-contact surfaces of public fitness centers may serve as reservoirs of potential human transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We found a high prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR)-MRSA of CC59 lineage harboring a variety of extracellular toxin genes from surface swab samples collected from inanimate surfaces of fitness centers in Memphis metropolitan area, USA. Our findings underscore the role of inanimate surfaces as potential sources of transmission of MDR-MRSA strains with considerable genetic diversity.