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Regarding informed consent, an opt-out approach (a method in which research information is disclosed on websites, providing participants the opportunity to decline participation) was implemented in the isolation of strains from patients with bloodstream infections as approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committee of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (approval no. 1251). For the isolation of KSA and HSA strains, informed consent was obtained from the study participants or their family members prior to enrollment in the study as approved by the Ethical Committee for Epidemiology of Hiroshima University (E2020-1998, E2021-2525). All data and isolates were fully anonymized prior to analysis. All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and with approved guidelines and regulations. 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