acquired infections in the United States, and clonal cluster 5 (CC5) is the predominant
lineage responsible for these infections. Since 2002, there have been 12 cases of
vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA) infection in the United States—all CC5 strains. To
understand this genetic background and what distinguishes it from other lineages, we
generated and analyzed high-quality draft genome sequences for all available VRSA …