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Sequencing and Computational Analysis of MRSA Samples

Saudi ArabiaPathogen genomics and infectious diseaseCompleted / retained

Combined whole-genome sequencing with susceptibility testing to map Saudi S. aureus lineages, resistance determinants and source distributions.

01 / Project overview

What the record establishes.

Geographic scope: Seven Saudi regions and more than 30 hospitals/reference laboratories; clinical, community and wastewater sources
Project type: Nationwide pathogen-genomics and AMR cohort
Research domain: Staphylococcus aureus genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance
Years: 2018–2021
Lifecycle status: completed
Status basis: Named funded project ran in 2018-2021; nationwide integrated analysis and public data were published in November 2025.
Status evidence date: 2025-11-12
Scale: 686 isolates from seven regions, 30-plus hospitals/reference laboratories and five wastewater sources; susceptibility to 16 antibiotics; public ENA and Zenodo outputs.

02 / Organizations and population

Lead organizations: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) · King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
Partner organizations: King Abdullah International Medical Research Center · Saudi Public Health Authority · Saudi hospitals and reference laboratories
Organism / population: Methicillin-resistant and susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates from clinical, healthy-community and wastewater sources

03 / Data and access

Public sequence data and FAIR metadata

04 / Evidence and provenance

Named, nationwide, multi-source pathogen WGS project with public sequence accession and genotype-phenotype outputs.

Project end predates publication. This is pathogen rather than human genomics but squarely within national AMR surveillance research.

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