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Methicillin-resistant S. aureus colonization in Mexican children attending day care centres.
Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale - 1 Feb 2009
Velázquez-Guadarrama Norma, Martinez-Aguilar Gerardo, Galindo José Arellano, Zuñiga Gerardo, Arbo-Sosa Antonio
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PURPOSE: To determine MRSA carriage rates and genetic relationships of S. aureus strains in children attending day care centres in 14 cities from three geographic regions in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cross-Sectional Study performed in apparently healthy children aged from 6 mo to 6 yr attending day care centres (DCCs). From September 2002 To January 2003, 2345 nasopharyngeal specimens from a similar number...
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