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Epidemiological typing of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from children in Taiwan.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Aug 2004
Wang Chih-Chien, Lo Wen-Tsung, Chu Mong-Ling, Siu L K
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BACKGROUND: A 1400-bed tertiary medical center in northern Taiwan was used to conduct an epidemiological study of children hospitalized with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infection during a 5-year period. METHODS: Nineteen previously healthy children with predominantly skin and soft-tissue CA-MRSA infections were enrolled into the study. Seventeen CA-MRSA isolates were...
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