Surgical Site Infections Caused by Highly Virulent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 398, China

Surgical Site Infections Caused by Highly Virulent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 398, China

We identified 2 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains of sequence type 398 from surgical site infections in China. Genetic analysis and clinical data from these strains suggested that they were human-related but sporadic. Hemolysis analysis and mouse-skin infection models indicated a h...

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Main Authors: Lu Sun, Yan Chen, Danying Wang, Haiping Wang, Dandan Wu, Keren Shi, Ping Yan, Yunsong Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
MRSA
ST398
surgical site infection
core genome MLST
virulence
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/1/17-1862_article

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