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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in combat support hospitals in three regions of Iraq.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jul 2011
Huang X-Z, Cash D M, Chahine M A, Van Horn G T, Erwin D P, McKay J T, Hamilton L R, Jerke K H, Co E-M A, Aldous W K, Lesho E P, Lindler L E, Bowden R A, Nikolich M P
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SUMMARYStaphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of infections in deployed service members. Based on a molecular epidemiological study of 182 MRSA isolates from patients in three U.S. Army combat support hospitals in separate regions in Iraq, USA300 clone was the most predominant (80%) pulsotype. This finding suggested that strain carriage from the home country by military personnel is epidemiologically more...
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