Acquisition and persistence of strain-specific methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and their determinants in community nursing homes

Acquisition and persistence of strain-specific methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and their determinants in community nursing homes

Abstract Background Nursing home residents are frequently colonized with various strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) but the intra-facility dynamics of strain-specific MRSA remains poorly understood. We aimed at identifying and quantifying the associations between acquisiti...

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Main Authors: Nataliya G. Batina, Christopher J. Crnich, Dörte Döpfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
USA300 MRSA
Non-USA300 MRSA
Colonization
Risk factors
Acquisition
Persistence
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2837-3

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