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Changes in the molecular epidemiological characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Jun 2010
Carey Alison J, Della-Latta Phyllis, Huard Richard, Wu Fann, Graham Phillip L, Carp Diane, Saiman Lisa
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the molecular epidemiological characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) had changed in a level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). DESIGN: Retrospective review of medical records. SETTING: Level III NICU of a university-affiliated children's hospital in New York, New York. PATIENTS: Case patients were neonates hospitalized in the NICU who were...
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