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Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection through solid organ transplantation: confirmation via whole genome sequencing.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Nov 2014
Wendt J M, Kaul D, Limbago B M, Ramesh M, Cohle S, Denison A M, Driebe E M, Rasheed J K, Zaki S R, Blau D M, Paddock C D, McDougal L K, Engelthaler D M, Keim P S, Roe C C, Akselrod H, Kuehnert M J, Basavaraju S V
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We describe two cases of donor-derived methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia that developed after transplantation of organs from a common donor who died from acute MRSA endocarditis. Both recipients developed recurrent MRSA infection despite appropriate antibiotic therapy, and required prolonged hospitalization and hospital readmission. Comparison of S. aureus whole genome sequence of DNA...
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