Dissemination of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Tertiary Care Hospital
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 101 (1) , 40-45
- https://doi.org/10.1097/smj.0b013e31815d3fce
Abstract
Background: The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was investigated at a tertiary care hospital, and relationship was made between the clinical and genetic definitions of community- and healthcare-associated MRSA. Methods: Nonduplicate isolates of S aureus were collected during 2004. Isolates were classified clinically as community-associated (CA) or...Keywords
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