Predicting High Prevalence of Community Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains in Nursing Homes

We assessed characteristics associated with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) carriage among residents of 22 nursing homes. Of MRSA-positive swabs, 25% (208/824) were positive for CA-MRSA. Median facility CA-MRSA percentage was 22% (range, 0%–44%). In multiva...

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Autors principals: Murphy, Courtney R., Hudson, Lyndsey O., Spratt, Brian G., Quan, Victor, Kim, Diane, Peterson, Ellena, Tan, Grace, Evans, Kaye, Meyers, Hildy, Cheung, Michele, Lee, Bruce Y., Mukamel, Dana B., Enright, Mark C., Whealon, Matthew, Huang, Susan S.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: 2013
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4151251/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23388372
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1086/669519
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