Epidemics caused by antibiotic-resistant strains ofStaphylococcus aureus often occur in waves. Here, Henry Chambers and Frank DeLeo review the molecular epidemiology of the epidemic waves of penicillin- and methicillin-resistant strains of S. aureus that have occurred since 1940, with a focus on community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
- Henry F. Chambers
- Frank R. DeLeo