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Continued Emergence of USA300 Methicillin-Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>in the United States: Results from a Nationwide Surveillance Study
29 Jan 2014
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BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is changing, with USA300 emerging first in community and then in healthcare settings. We performed nationwide surveillance to assess recent trends in the molecular epidemiology of MRSA. METHODS: One hundred consecutive unique clinically significant S. aureus isolates were recovered from patients at each of 43 US centers between...