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This study aimed to investigate the clinical significance, epidemiology, and genetic characteristics of MRSA CC398 strains carrying the PVL genes.\u00a0A total of 24 MRSA CC398 isolates were obtained from patients with skin and soft tissue infections. DNA was extracted from all isolates, and PCR amplification was used to confirm the presence of the\n                    <jats:italic>mecA<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene for methicillin resistance and the\n                    <jats:italic>SA442<\/jats:italic>\n                    fragment for\n                    <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                    identification. The affiliation to CC398 and the presence of the\n                    <jats:italic>lukS-PV\/lukF-PV<\/jats:italic>\n                    genes were also confirmed by PCR. Sequencing was performed for all isolates to further characterize their genetic composition, including antibiotic resistance and virulence profiles.\u00a0The isolates exhibited a multi-drug resistance profile, including resistance to beta-lactams and tetracyclines. Virulence factors such as immune evasion cluster genes and biofilm-forming genes were present in all isolates.\u00a0These findings highlight the growing prevalence and spread of MRSA CC398 in community and healthcare settings and its ability to cause recurrent and difficult-to-treat skin and soft tissue infections. Clinicians should be aware of its presence, particularly in patients from regions where it is endemic, to enable appropriate antibiotic therapy and infection control measures.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s12223-026-01539-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,1]],"date-time":"2026-07-01T08:34:39Z","timestamp":1782894879000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Molecular epidemiology and clinical course of PVL-positive MRSA CC398 infections"],"prefix":"10.1007","author":[{"given":"Krist\u00fdna","family":"Brod\u00edkov\u00e1","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ivana","family":"Kol\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Miroslava Htoutou","family":"Sedl\u00e1kov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Krist\u00fdna","family":"Hricov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kate\u0159ina","family":"Fi\u0161erov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ren\u00e1ta","family":"Karp\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"1539_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1155\/2023\/5540019","volume":"2023","author":"E Albert","year":"2023","unstructured":"Albert E, Sipos R, Perreten V et al (2023) High prevalence of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Hungarian pig farms and genomic evidence for the spillover of the pathogen to humans. 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