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Community-associated Methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in Hospital Nursery and Maternity Units
1 Jun 2005
Abstract excerpt
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has rarely been reported in the hospital setting. We report an outbreak of 7 cases of skin and soft tissue infections due to a strain of CA-MRSA. All patients were admitted to the labor and delivery, nursery, or maternity units during a 3-week period. Genetic fingerprinting showed that the outbreak strain was closely related to the USA 400...
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