Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in Intensive Care Unit, France

During testing for Staphylococcus aureus in an intensive care unit in France in 2011, we found that methicillin-sensitive S. aureus clonal complex 398 was the most frequent clone (29/125, 23.2%). It was isolated from patients (5/89, 5.6%), health care workers (2/63, 3.2%), and environmental sites (1...

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Main Authors: Anne-Sophie Brunel, Anne-Laure Bañuls, Hélène Marchandin, Nicolas Bouzinbi, David Morquin, Estelle Jumas-Bilak, Philippe Corne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/9/13-0225_article