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Superbug family tree sketched out

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Next-generation genome sequencing enables detailed tracking of MRSA infections.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have families, too, according to a study that uses the detailed genetic relationships of bacterial strains to map out how certain infections spread within hospitals and countries. The genomic-sequencing technology that made the study possible could one day enable hospital administrators to track infections back to the individuals and objects that transmit them, say the study authors.

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  1. Harris, S. R. et al. Science 327, 469-474 (2010).

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Laursen, L. Superbug family tree sketched out. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.25

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