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Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in contacts of an adolescent with community-acquired disseminated disease.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Oct 2004
Huang Yhu-Chering, Su Lin-Hui, Lin Tzou-Yien
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in contacts after the diagnosis of community-acquired MRSA bacteremia, hip arthritis, pyomyositis and pulmonary septic emboli with necrotizing pneumonia and empyema in a previously healthy female adolescent in Taiwan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A nasal culture survey of the 4 household members, 30 classmates and 5...
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