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Bacteriological Assessment of Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia Using a Clone Library Analysis
15 Apr 2015
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BACKGROUND: The causative pathogens of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) remain controversial, and the use of conventional cultivation of sputum samples is occasionally inappropriate due to the potential for oral bacterial contamination. It is also sometimes difficult to determine whether methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a true causative pathogen of HCAP. METHODS: We evaluated the...
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