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Why an S. aureus vaccine?. S. aureus is the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections. Recently, it has emerged as a significant pathogen in the community, where it has affected hosts without predisposing risk factors.S. aureus is one of the leading causes of hospital-based bloodstream infections with a crude mortality rate ~25%. Every antimicrobial therapeutic strategy has been met with a resistance strategy response by the staphylococcus. .
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