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Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among preclinical medical students: epidemiologic and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant S. aureus clones.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 May 2011
Ma Xiao Xue, Sun Dan Dan, Wang Si, Wang Mei Lian, Li Miao, Shang Hong, Wang En Hua, Luo En Jie
Abstract excerpt
Between May 2008 and October 2009, a total of 2103 interns were randomly tested for nasal colonization of S. aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The prevalence of S. aureus among staphylococci specimens was 23.1%, and among the total S. aureus the MRSA prevalence was 9.4%. MRSA isolates were further subtyped using genetic element staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing,...
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