Nasal meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage among intensive care unit hospitalised adult patients in a Taiwanese medical centre: one time-point prevalence, molecular characteristics and risk factors for carriage.

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From 25 June to 11 July 2008, a total of 177 adult patients hospitalised in an intensive care unit (ICU) (94 in medical ICUs and 83 in surgical ICUs) at a tertiary care hospital were screened for nasal carriage of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by polymerase chain reaction. The...

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