The true burden of nosocomial staphylococcal disease: Genomic markers of transmission of methicillin-sensitive and –resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1065908

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of hospital infection, but previous studies have only focused on the 30% caused by resistant strains (MRSA). We will trace the spread of all Staphylococcus strains in hospitals using DNA fingerprinting. This will enable us to determine why patients catch this infection, permitting interventions to reduce hospital infection. We will also examine the genomes of these bacteria to look for markers of transmission and adaptation to the hospital environment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $830,092.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Clinical Microbiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Staphylococcus aureus | hospital morbidity | molecular diagnostics | molecular epidemiology | nosocomial infections

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