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Community-associated methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus: skin and soft tissue infections in Hong Kong.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jul 2008
Ho Pak-Leung, Chuang Shuk-Kwan, Choi Yu-Fai, Lee Rodney A, Lit Albert C H, Ng Tak-Keung, Que Tak-Lun, Shek Kam-Chuen, Tong Hon-Kuan, Tse Cindy W S, Tung Wai-Kit, Yung Raymond W H
Abstract excerpt
This prospective study assessed the epidemiology of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) among patients with purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in Hong Kong. Among 298 patients with SSTIs, 10.4% (13/125) of all S. aureus isolates and 5% (12/241) of all abscesses were attributed to pvl-positive CA-MRSA. Overall, 77% and 69.9% of CA-MRSA and methicillin-sensitive...
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