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Importation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Baghdad to Dublin and subsequent nosocomial spread.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Feb 1990
Humphreys H, Carroll J D, Keane C T, Cafferkey M T, Pomeroy H M, Coleman D C
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We report the spread of a methicillin- and gentamicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain (MGRSA) from the Middle East and its subsequent dissemination within two hospitals in Dublin. The index case, a 30-year-old male with serious blast injuries was transferred from a Baghdad hospital to a Dublin hospital in May 1985. He was heavily infected with two MGRSA strains, one of which spread and was responsible for...
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