Community-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Community-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Virulent community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus-aureus (CA-MRSA) strains have spread rapidly in the United States. To characterize the degree to which CA-MRSA strains are imported into and transmitted in pediatric intensive care units (PICU), we performed a retrospective study of...

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Main Authors: Aaron M. Milstone, Karen C. Carroll, Tracy Ross, K. Alexander Shangraw, Trish M. Perl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
methicillin resistance
antimicrobial resistance
Staphylococcus aureus
pediatric intensive care units
transmission
epidemiology
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/4/09-0107_article

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