
%0 Journal Article
%A Nimmo, Graeme R 
%A Coombs, Geoffrey W 
%T Epidemiology of MRSA in Australia
%J Microbiology Australia
%D 2008/09/01
%V 29
%N 3
%P 126-130
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MA08126
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MA08126 
%X Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has presented challenges to laboratories and clinicians since it first appeared in Australia in the mid-1960s. However, in spite of its long presence and familiarity, a clear understanding of its epidemiology has only been possible with the recent advent of sequence-based typing methods (see the article by O’Brien and Giffard, page 131). 
