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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in wound cultures recovered from a combat support hospital in Iraq.
The Journal of trauma - 1 Jul 2010
Murray Clinton K, Griffith Matthew E, Mende Katrin, Guymon Charles H, Ellis Michael W, Beckius Miriam, Zera Wendy C, Yu Xin, Co Edgie-Mark A, Aldous Wade, Hospenthal Duane R
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BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus infections complicate care of combat-related injuries and can independently result in skin and soft-tissue infections during deployments or training. Community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (CA-MRSA) strains seem to produce severe disease but retain susceptibility to many oral antimicrobials. This study characterizes 84 MRSA isolates recovered from wound cultures at...
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