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Household aggregation of Staphylococcus aureus by clonal complex and methicillin resistance profiles in Starr County, Texas.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Oct 2017
Hanis C L, Garrett K E, Essigmann H T, Robinson D A, Gunter S M, Nyitray A G, Brown E L
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common causes of skin and soft tissue infections in health-care and community settings, but transmission of S. aureus in community-based populations is incompletely understood. S. aureus carriage phenotypes (persistent, intermittent, and non-carriers) were determined for households from Starr County, TX. Nasal swabs were collected from a cohort of 901 residents and...
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