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The objectives of this study were to evaluate the clinical outcomes and bacterial virulence factors of the Korean CA-MRSA (ST72-SCCmecIV) strain, which causes bloodstream infections.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>All adult patients with MRSA bacteraemia were prospectively enrolled. Clinical outcomes, microbiological characteristics and 40 bacterial virulence factors were evaluated.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Of the 352 typed MRSA isolates, 342 isolates (97.2%) belonged to three Panton\u2013Valentine leucocidin-negative strains: ST5-SCCmecII (70.2%), ST72-SCCmecIV (22.4%) and ST239-SCCmecIII (4.6%). The remaining 10 (2.8%) isolates from minor strains were excluded from the final analysis. After controlling for several confounding factors, ST72-SCCmecIV was associated with the lowest mortality (compared with ST5-SCCmecII, adjusted OR\u200a=\u200a0.26; 95% CI\u200a=\u200a0.13\u20130.54). However, MRSA isolates with vancomycin MICs of \u22651.5 mg\/L were more common in ST72-SCCmecIV compared with ST5-SCCmecII (84.8% versus 66.7%; P\u200a=\u200a0.002). Reduced vancomycin susceptibility and vancomycin heteroresistance were not associated with mortality. Compared with ST5-SCCmecII isolates, ST72-SCCmecIV isolates were less likely to harbour multiple virulence genes. Of these genes, three staphylococcal superantigen genes were associated with mortality: sec (OR\u200a=\u200a2.31; P\u200a=\u200a0.002), sel (OR\u200a=\u200a2.55; P\u200a=\u200a0.003) and tst (OR\u200a=\u200a2.76; P\u200a&amp;lt;\u200a0.001).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>After controlling for confounding factors, ST72-SCCmecIV was independently associated with lower mortality compared with ST5-SCCmecII, suggesting this CA-MRSA strain to be of lower virulence. The lack of virulence genes, including staphylococcal superantigen genes, may play a role in the lower virulence of this strain.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jac\/dku475","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,29]],"date-time":"2014-11-29T03:27:17Z","timestamp":1417231637000},"page":"1185-1192","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":52,"title":["Community-associated MRSA strain ST72-SCC<i>mec<\/i>IV causing bloodstream infections: clinical outcomes and bacterial virulence factors"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"70","author":[{"given":"Ki-Ho","family":"Park","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1 \u00a0Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yong Pil","family":"Chong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2 \u00a0Department of 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