Comparing Clinical, Microbiological, and Genetic Definitions of Relapse in Patients With Subsequent Episodes of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bone and Joint Infection.

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BACKGROUND: Differentiation of a relapse from a new infection is challenging in patients with a recurrent bone or joint infection (BJI). We compared clinical, microbiological, and genomic definitions of relapse among patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) BJI. METHODS: All MRSA isolates obtained from BJIs between July 2018 and December 2022 from patients with at least 2 episodes of BJI...

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• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Arthritis, Infectious
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
• Multilocus Sequence Typing