Combining Genome Surveillance and Metadata To Characterize the Diversity of Staphylococcus aureus Circulating in an Italian Hospital over a 9-Year Period
ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.Genomic-based surveillance has greatly improved our ability to track the emergence and spread of high-risk clones, but the full potential of genomic data is only reached when used in conjunction with detailed metadata.Here, we demons