Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most successful modern
pathogens. The same organism that lives as a commensal and is transmitted in both health …

Multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria are one of the most important current threats to public
health. Typically, MDR bacteria are associated with nosocomial infections. However, some …

Generation time varies widely across organisms and is an important factor in the life cycle,
life history and evolution of organisms. Although the doubling time (DT) has been estimated …

In the medical community, antibiotics are revered as a miracle because they stop diseases
brought on by pathogenic bacteria. Antibiotics have become the cornerstone of …

Staphylococcus aureus is a preeminent bacterial pathogen capable of colonizing diverse
ecological niches within its human host. We describe here the pangenome of S. aureus …

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria are well-recognized to be one of the most important
current public health problems. More than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur in …

Staphylococcus aureus, both methicillin susceptible and resistant, are now major community-
based pathogens worldwide. The basis for this is multifactorial and includes the emergence …

The community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)
epidemic in the United States is largely attributable to the meteoric rise of a single clone …

Clonal complex 5 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CC5-MRSA) includes
multiple prevalent clones that cause hospital-associated infections in the Western …

Nonparametric population genetic modeling provides a simple and flexible approach for
studying demographic history and epidemic dynamics using pathogen sequence data …