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Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains as a cause of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in Korea.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Feb 2009
Park Sun Hee, Park Chulmin, Yoo Jin-Hong, Choi Su-Mi, Choi Jung-Hyun, Shin Hyun-Ho, Lee Dong-Gun, Lee Seungok, Kim JaYoung, Choi So Eun, Kwon Young-Mi, Shin Wan-Shik
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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) strains causing bloodstream infection (BSI) has not been studied in Korea. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the prevalence of CA-MRSA strains among isolates recovered from patients with MRSA BSIs and to explore epidemiological changes in Korea. We also sought to evaluate clinical characteristics relevant to...
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