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Nasal Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Household Contacts of Children With Community-Acquired Diseases in Taiwan
1 Nov 2007
Abstract excerpt
Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was detected in 18 (32%) of 57 children with community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection and 30 (25%) of 121 household contacts. By genotyping comparison, 94% and 64% of the colonization isolates from the patients and the contacts, respectively, were indistinguishable from the clinical isolates.
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