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Identifying the effect of patient sharing on between-hospital genetic differentiation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Genome medicine - 13 Feb 2016
Chang Hsiao-Han, Dordel Janina, Donker Tjibbe, Worby Colin J, Feil Edward J, Hanage William P, Bentley Stephen D, Huang Susan S, Lipsitch Marc
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BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common healthcare-associated pathogens. To examine the role of inter-hospital patient sharing on MRSA transmission, a previous study collected 2,214 samples from 30 hospitals in Orange County, California and showed by spa typing that genetic differentiation decreased significantly with increased patient sharing. In the current...
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