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High-density livestock production and molecularly characterized MRSA infections in Pennsylvania.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 May 2014
Casey Joan A, Shopsin Bo, Cosgrove Sara E, Nachman Keeve E, Curriero Frank C, Rose Hannah R, Schwartz Brian S
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BACKGROUND: European studies suggest that living near high-density livestock production increases the risk of sequence type (ST) 398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization. To our knowledge, no studies have evaluated associations between livestock production and human infection by other strain types. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated associations between MRSA molecular subgroups and high-density...
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