Clustering of Multiple Endemic Strains of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusin a Nursing Home: An 8-Year Study
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 26 (2) , 215-218
- https://doi.org/10.1086/502530
Abstract
PFGE was performed on residents' first clinical MRSA isolate (n = 94) during 8 years. Sixty-one percent of the isolates were clustered in time (P< .05) and space (P< .05) (ie, 2 separate statistically significant tests). Isolates from individual units were genetically related, with only the occasional unrelated isolate.Keywords
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