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The purpose of this study was to determine the molecular characteristics, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of MRSA infections among critically ill pediatric patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A retrospective case-control study was performed in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a tertiary university teaching hospital. All children infected with culture-positive <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> in the PICU between January 2016 and December 2021 were included. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify potential risk factors for MRSA infection and clinical outcomes of <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> infection. All <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> isolates were characterized based on antimicrobial resistance, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and Staphylococcal protein A (<jats:italic>spa<\/jats:italic>) typing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 3,974 patients admitted to the PICU, 280 were diagnosed with a <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> infection during the 6-year study period. Among them, 43.2% (121\/280) were MRSA. All MRSA isolates showed significantly higher rates of resistance to penicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin and tetracycline than MSSA strains. The MRSA strains consisted of 45 <jats:italic>spa<\/jats:italic> types and 20 sequence types (STs) (20 clonal complexes), among which the most frequently represented were ST59-t437and ST398-t034. Multivariable logistic regression revealed vaginal delivery, respiratory failure, co-infection with a virus, C-reactive protein (CRP)\u2009&amp;gt;\u20098\u2005mg\/L as significant risk factors for MRSA infection. There was no significant difference in all-cause mortality during hospitalization between the MRSA group and the MSSA group. Furthermore, independent predictors for mortality in patients with <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> infections were the presence of hypoproteinemia, hematopathy, septic shock, respiratory failure, fever, and white blood cell (WBC)\u2009&amp;gt;\u200915.0\u2009\u00d7\u200910<jats:sup>9<\/jats:sup>\/L.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study revealed a high proportion of MRSA infections among critically ill pediatric patients, and found significant risk factors for MRSA infection and poor prognosis of <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> infection. Methicillin resistance did not contribute to the mortality in the current study. 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