Anna Emelianova

1. Introduction Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains caused over 100 thousand direct deaths in 2019, being the third most deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria globally and the most deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the high-income region [1,2]. MRSA is one of the leading sources of hospital-acquired infections, and is associated with increased mortality, length of hospital stay, and cost of treatment.