Hospital transmission of borderline oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus evaluated by whole-genome sequencing.

ABSTRACT: Introduction. Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of hospital infections worldwide. Awareness towards methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections is high but attention towards borderline oxacillin-resistant S. aureus (BORSA) is limited, possibly due to an underestimated clinical relevance, presumption of low incidence and diagnostic limitations.Gap statement. BORSA surveillance has not been routinely implemented, and thus consensus with regard to a definition and infection control measures is lacking.Aim. Our goals were to investigate the occurrence, molecular characteristics and clinical manifestations of BORSA infections in the hospital setting.Methodology. Following an increased incidence in 2016, BORSA cases in 2014/2016 (in our

SUBMITTER: Konstantinovski MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8493421 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature