Funding Information: Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P./MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC, PT2020) under projects PTDC/MED-QUI/29036/2017, PTDC/BIA-MIC-30692/2017, EXPL/BIA-BFS/1034/2021, UIDB/00100/2020, UIDP/00100/2020, LA/P/0056/2020, UID/Multi/04413/2020, CEECIND/03247/2018 and DL57/CEECIND/0256/2017. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2022 Marquês, Frazão De Faria, Reis, Machado, San...
Funding Information: We acknowledge Diogo Vila Vi?osa for valuable discussions. We acknowledge financial support from Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e a Tecnologia, Portugal through projects PTDC/MED-QUI/29036/2017, PTDC/BIA-MIC-30692/2017, UIDB/00100/2020, UIDP/00100/2020, UIDB/04046/2020, UIDP/04046/2020, and UID/Multi/04413/2020, and Grants CEECIND/02300/2017 and DL57/CEECIND/0256/2017. Contributions from JRK, CMB,...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has recently emerged as a cause of community-acquired infections among individuals without risk factors. Communityassociated MRSA (CA-MRSA) appears to be more virulent, causing superficial mild skin and soft tissue infections to severe necrotizing fasciitis, and in rare cases, pneumonia. Community-associated MRSA was first reported in Australia in the early 80s...