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Diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from inpatients of 30 hospitals in Orange County, California.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Hudson Lyndsey O, Murphy Courtney R, Spratt Brian G, Enright Mark C, Elkins Kristen, Nguyen Christopher, Terpstra Leah, Gombosev Adrijana, Kim Diane, Hannah Paul, Mikhail Lydia, Alexander Richard, Moore Douglas F, Huang Susan S
Abstract excerpt
There is a need for a regional assessment of the frequency and diversity of MRSA to determine major circulating clones and the extent to which community and healthcare MRSA reservoirs have mixed. We conducted a prospective cohort study of inpatients in Orange County, California, systematically collecting clinical MRSA isolates from 30 hospitals, to assess MRSA diversity and distribution. All isolates were...
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