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Macrolide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in cystic fibrosis patients: is there transmission to household contacts?
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2007
Tramper-Stranders Gerdien A, van der Ent Cornelis K, Gerritsen Susan A M, Fleer André, Kimpen Jan L L, Wolfs Tom F W
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OBJECTIVES: Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are frequently colonized by macrolide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a result of maintenance macrolide therapy. As transmission of S. aureus between household contacts is common, we examined the prevalence of macrolide-resistant S. aureus colonization in CF patients on maintenance azithromycin therapy and their household contacts and compared this with the S....
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