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Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus spread by neonates transferred from primary obstetrics clinics to a tertiary care hospital in Korea.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Jun 2006
Ko Kwan Soo, Park Sulhee, Peck Kyong Ran, Shin Eun Jung, Oh Won Sup, Lee Nam Yong, Song Jae-Hoon
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the characteristics and origins of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from neonatal patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital from local and primary care obstetrics clinics. DESIGN: Molecular typing study. SETTING: A 1,278-bed tertiary care hospital (Samsung Medical Center) and 2 primary obstetrics clinics in Seoul, Korea. PATIENTS: The genotypic...
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