Abstract
The vanA gene was acquired by a CA-MRSA strain that caused bloodstream infection. After emerging in the 1990s, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) spread rapidly across the U.S. Fortunately, most infections caused by these organisms have been skin abscesses with low risk for serious complications. In 2002, the vanA gene cluster, which confers vancomycin resistance, was described in MRSA. Despite fears that …
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