Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in hospitalized patients is dominated by community-acquired strains: genomic epidemiological evidence

• Jingxia Dang ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliations School of Public Health, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China, Ningxia Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Disease Control, Yinchuan, China

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• Yuhui Geng ,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Visualization

  ¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliation Hospital-Acquired Infection Control Department, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China

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• Ting Pan,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliations School of Public Health, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China, Ningxia Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Disease Control, Yinchuan, China

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• Ping Zhang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations School of Public Health, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China, Ningxia Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Disease Control, Yinchuan, China

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• Mingbo Chen,

  Roles Software, Supervision

  Affiliations School of Public Health, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China, Ningxia Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Disease Control, Yinchuan, China

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• Dongfeng Pan,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, People’s Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China

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• Peifeng Liang

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources

  * E-mail: doctor_pf@126.com

  Affiliation Department of Medical Affairs, People’s Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8473-9843

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