Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Diverse Staphylococcus aureus lineages in a tertiary hospital in North Central Nigeria: emergence of CC1-ST772-MRSA, CC8-ST789-MRSA, and ST152-MRSARasaki Adewole Raheem · Charles Nwabuisi · Abayomi Fadeyi · Bashirat Ayobola Olanipekun · Ademola Ibraheem Hamzat · Tomiwa Olumide Adesoji · Taofiq Adewale Sulayman · Alexander Mellmann · Frieder Schaumburg · Adebayo Osagie ShittuFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1908867