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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in pediatric intensive care unit.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2010
Milstone Aaron M, Carroll Karen C, Ross Tracy, Shangraw K Alexander, Perl Trish M
Abstract excerpt
Virulent community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus-aureus (CA-MRSA) strains have spread rapidly in the United States. To characterize the degree to which CA-MRSA strains are imported into and transmitted in pediatric intensive care units (PICU), we performed a retrospective study of children admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital PICU, March 1, 2007-May 31, 2008. We found that 72 (6%) of 1,674...
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