Complete Genome Sequences of Eight Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Patients in Japan

Miyako Hikichi; Miki Nagao; Kazunori Murase; Chihiro Aikawa; Takashi Nozawa; Akemi Yoshida; Taisei Kikuchi; Ichiro Nakagawa

doi:10.1128/MRA.01212-19

Complete Genome Sequences of Eight Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Patients in Japan

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Nov 21;8(47):e01212-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01212-19.

Authors

Miyako Hikichi¹, Miki Nagao², Kazunori Murase¹, Chihiro Aikawa¹, Takashi Nozawa¹, Akemi Yoshida³, Taisei Kikuchi⁴, Ichiro Nakagawa⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
² Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
³ Laboratory of Genomics, Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan nakagawa.ichiro.7w@kyoto-u.ac.jp.

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major pathogen causing nosocomial infections, and the clinical manifestations of MRSA range from asymptomatic colonization of the nasal mucosa to soft tissue infection to fulminant invasive disease. Here, we report the complete genome sequences of eight MRSA strains isolated from patients in Japan.