Hospital-community interactions foster coexistence between methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in both hospitals and the community. Traditionally, MRSA was mainly hospital-associated (HA-MRSA), but in the past decade community-associated strains (CA-MRSA) have spread widely. CA-MRSA strains see...

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Main Authors: Roger Kouyos, Eili Klein, Bryan Grenfell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23468619/pdf/?tool=EBI