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Strain Differences in Bloodstream and Skin Infection: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated in 2018–2021 in a Single Health System
3 May 2024
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Abstract Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) and has become the most common cause of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in recent years, but whether the strains causing these two clinical syndromes overlap has not been studied adequately. USA300/500 (clonal complex [CC] 8–sequence type [ST] 8) and USA100 (CC5-ST5) have dominated among methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA)...
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