Collagen adhesion gene is associated with bloodstream infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Author(s) -
Yasunori Iwata,
Kenji Satou,
Kengo Furuichi,
Ikuko Yoneda,
Takuhiro Matsumura,
Masahiro Yutani,
Yukako Fujinaga,
Atsushi Hase,
Hidetoshi Morita,
Toshiko Ohta,
Yasuko Senda,
Yukiko Sakai-Takemori,
Taizo Wada,
Shinichi Fujita,
Taito Miyake,
Haruka Yasuda,
Norihiko Sakai,
Shinji Kitajima,
Tadashi Toyama,
Yasuyuki Shinozaki,
Akihiro Sagara,
Taro Miyagawa,
Akinori Hara,
Miho Shimizu,
Yasutaka Kamikawa,
Kazuho Ikeo,
Shigeyuki Shichino,
Satoshi Ueha,
Takuya Nakajima,
Kouji Matsushima,
Shuichi Kaneko,
Takashi Wada
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.11.003
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , biology , gene , genotype , locus (genetics) , pathogen , staphylococcal infections , mutant , genetics , bacteria
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causes hospital- and community-acquired infections. It is not clear whether genetic characteristics of the bacteria contribute to disease pathogenesis in MRSA infection. We hypothesized that whole genome analysis of MRSA strains could reveal the key gene loci and/or the gene mutations that affect clinical manifestations of MRSA infection.
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