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Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia at 5 US academic medical centers, 2008-2011: significant geographic variation in community-onset infections.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Sept 2014
David Michael Z, Daum Robert S, Bayer Arnold S, Chambers Henry F, Fowler Vance G, Miller Loren G, Ostrowsky Belinda, Baesa Alison, Boyle-Vavra Susan, Eells Samantha J, Garcia-Houchins Sylvia, Gialanella Philip, Macias-Gil Raul, Rude Thomas H, Ruffin Felicia, Sieth Julia J, Volinski Joann, Spellberg Brad
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BACKGROUND: The incidence of community-onset (CO) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia rose from the late 1990s through the 2000s. However, hospital-onset (HO) MRSA rates have recently declined in the United States and Europe. METHODS: Data were abstracted from infection prevention databases between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2011 at 5 US academic medical centers to determine the...
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