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Community-associated Methicillin-resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Isolates and Healthcare-Associated Infections1
1 Feb 2007
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We noted a marked increase in healthcare-associated (HA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections caused by isolates phenotypically consistent with community-associated (CA)-MRSA strains. To study this trend, we retrospectively examined all HA-MRSA isolates from patients in our institution during 1999-2004. An isolate was considered an SCCmecIV phenotype if it had antimicrobial drug...
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