Healthcare- and Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Fatal Pneumonia with Pediatric Deaths in Krasnoyarsk, Siberian Russia: Unique MRSA's Multiple Virulence Factors, Genome, and Stepwise Evolution.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a common multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogen. We herein discussed MRSA and its infections in Krasnoyarsk, Siberian Russia between 2007 and 2011. The incidence of MRSA in 3,662 subjects was 22.0% and 2.9% for healthcare- and community-associated MR...

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Main Authors: Olga E Khokhlova, Wei-Chun Hung, Tsai-Wen Wan, Yasuhisa Iwao, Tomomi Takano, Wataru Higuchi, Svetlana V Yachenko, Olga V Teplyakova, Vera V Kamshilova, Yuri V Kotlovsky, Akihito Nishiyama, Ivan V Reva, Sergey V Sidorenko, Olga V Peryanova, Galina V Reva, Lee-Jene Teng, Alla B Salmina, Tatsuo Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128017