Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus from the Lower Respiratory Tract of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Two of 95 patients followed in an adult cystic fibrosis clinic consistently grew methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) on sputum culture. Sputum Gram stain consistently showed +4 polymorphonuclear leukocytes and +4 Gram-positive cocci in clusters. Both patients were co-infected with Pse...

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Main Authors: David R Burdge, EM Nakielna, MA Noble
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1995-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/176396