Methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus and emerging dominant sequence type 188 staphylococcus aureus in severe community-associated infections

In the past decades, compared with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) (MRSA), the role in severe community-associated infections by methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) has been less investigated. MSSA can cause almost two times number of bacteraemia than MRSA [1]. However, to our knowledge, the popular perspective is that MSSA usually causes endemic infections both in community and healthcare settings and no special MSSA lineage has been identified.

Source: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents - January 23, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Qifa Song, Junhua Wu, Zhaojunxu Xu, Peisen Ruan Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research