USA300 Genotype Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a Cause of Surgical Site Infections

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) strains are increasingly recovered from nosocomial settings. We conducted a retrospective study of surgical site infections (SSI) during 2004 and 2005 to determine the prevalence of CA-MRSA; 57% of MRSA strains tested belonge...

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Main Authors: Patel, Mukesh, Kumar, Ritu A., Stamm, Alan M., Hoesley, Craig J., Moser, Stephen A., Waites, Ken B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2007
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2045323/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17670923
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00902-07
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