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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.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Khokhlova Olga E, Hung Wei-Chun, Wan Tsai-Wen, Iwao Yasuhisa, Takano Tomomi, Higuchi Wataru, Yachenko Svetlana V, Teplyakova Olga V, Kamshilova Vera V, Kotlovsky Yuri V, Nishiyama Akihito, Reva Ivan V, Sidorenko Sergey V, Peryanova Olga V, Reva Galina V, Teng Lee-Jene, Salmina Alla B, Yamamoto Tatsuo
Abstract excerpt
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 MRSA (HA- and CA-MRSA), respectively. The 15-day mortality rates for MRSA hospital- and community-acquired pneumonia...
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