CA-MRSA	Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
ACME	Arginine catabolic mobile element
arc	Arginine deiminase
opp-3	oligopeptide permease
SCCmec	Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec
PFGE	Pulsed field gel electrophoresis
WT	wild type
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
Δ	deletion
BHI	Brain heart infusion
TSA	Tryptic soy agar
CFU	Colony forming units
CI	Competition index
MEM	Minimum essential medium
FBS	Fetal bovine serum
PBS	Phosphate buffered saline
EDTA	Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
LDH	Lactate dehydrogenase
NA	Nalidixic acid
AHS	Alberta Health Services
spa	staphylococcal protein A
MLST	Multilocus sequence typing
agr	Accessory gene regulator
PVL	Panton-Valentine Leukocidin
qRT-PCR	Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
Ct	cycle threshold
SSTI	Skin and soft tissue infection
MSSA	Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus