Staphylococcus aureus associated with surgical site infections in Western Kenya reveals genomic hotspots for pathogen evolution.

is one of the most common pathogens attributed to hospital infections. Although infections have been well studied in developed countries, far less is known about the biology of the pathogen in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we report on the isolation, antibiotic resistance profiling, whole genome sequencing, and genome comparison of six multi-drug resistant isolates of obtained from a referral hospital in Kakamega, Western Kenya.