Shift in Staphylococcus aureus Clone Linked to an Infected Tattoo
Mary E. Stemper*, Jennifer M. Brady†, Salah S. Qutaishat‡, Gwen Borlaug§, James Reed¶, Kurt D. Reed*†, and Sanjay K. Shukla†
Author affiliations: *Marshfield Laboratories, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA; †Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA; ‡Saint Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA; §Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Madison, Wisconsin, USA; ¶Oxford Correctional Facility, Oxford, Wisconsin, USA
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Timeline of incarceration and isolation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from different patients. Top panel: baseline shows months in which a particular isolate was recovered and patient was identified as infected; y-axis shows number of patients in each clonal group per month during the outbreak period. Bottom panel: horizontal line shows duration in which patients were incarcerated in relation to the outbreak period. Month 0 and month numbers with – and + symbols represent the respective months of incarceration before and after onset of the outbreak, respectively. Codes below months represent patients.
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