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

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    • Subject Terms:
      METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus; MICROBIAL virulence; GENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus; GENOMES
    • Abstract:
      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 high virulence potential for these strains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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