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Differences in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from pediatric and adult patients from hospitals in a large county in California.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2012
Hudson Lyndsey O, Murphy Courtney R, Spratt Brian G, Enright Mark C, Terpstra Leah, Gombosev Adrijana, Hannah Paul, Mikhail Lydia, Alexander Richard, Moore Douglas F, Huang Susan S
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Studies of U.S. epidemics of community- and health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) suggested differences in MRSA strains in adults and those in children. Comprehensive population-based studies exploring these differences are lacking. We conducted a prospective cohort study of inpatients in Orange County, CA, collecting clinical MRSA isolates from 30 of 31 Orange County...
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