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Clinical characteristics and epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in children with cystic fibrosis from a center with a high MRSA prevalence.
American journal of infection control - 1 Apr 2016
Harik Nada S, Com Gulnur, Tang Xinyu, Melguizo Castro Maria, Stemper Mary E, Carroll John L
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BACKGROUND: We describe the clinical characteristics and epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) from the U.S. CF center with the highest MRSA prevalence. METHODS: Medical records of children with CF were retrospectively reviewed from 1997-2009. MRSA clinical isolates from 2007-2009 were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction and pulsed field gel...
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