Article
Strain‐Relatedness of Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusIsolates Recovered from Patients with Repeated Infection
8 Mar 2008
Abstract excerpt
Invasive disease following methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) detection is common, regardless of whether initial detection involves colonization or infection. We assessed the genetic relatedness of isolates obtained > or =2 weeks apart representing either repeated infections or colonization-infection sets to determine if infections are likely to be caused by previously harbored strains. We found...