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MRSA infections among patients in the emergency department: a European multicentre study.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2017
Bouchiat C, Curtis S, Spiliopoulou I, Bes M, Cocuzza C, Codita I, Dupieux C, Giormezis N, Kearns A, Laurent F, Molinos S, Musumeci R, Prat C, Saadatian-Elahi M, Tacconelli E, Tristan A, Schulte B, Vandenesch F
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BACKGROUND: MRSA is a therapeutic concern worldwide, and a major agent of community-acquired skin and soft tissue infections (CA-SSTIs). While the US epidemiology of MRSA in CA-SSTIs is well described and reports the high prevalence of the USA300 clone, data on the European situation are lacking. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and clonal characteristics of MRSA in CA-SSTIs in seven European emergency...
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