Hospital‐ and community‐associated methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a 6‐year surveillance study of invasive infections in Chinese children

To investigate and compare the characteristics of invasive hospital‐associated (HA) and community‐associated (CA) methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in Chinese children.

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