Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Finland

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is no longer only hospital acquired. MRSA is defined as community acquired if the MRSA-positive specimen was obtained outside hospital settings or within 2 days of hospital admission, and if it was from a person who had not been hospitalized within...

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Main Authors: Saara Salmenlinna, Outi Lyytikäinen, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/6/01-0313_article