High Rates of Staphylococcus aureus USA400 Infection, Northern Canada

Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus infections in 3 northern remote communities of Saskatchewan was undertaken. Rates of methicillin-resistant infections were extremely high (146–482/10,000 population), and most (98.2%) were caused by USA400 strains. Although USA400 prevalence has diminished in th...

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Autores principales: Golding, George R., Levett, Paul N., McDonald, Ryan R., Irvine, James, Quinn, Brian, Nsungu, Mandiangu, Woods, Shirley, Khan, Mohammad, Ofner-Agostini, Marianna, Mulvey, Michael R.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21470471
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1704.100482
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author Golding, George R.
Levett, Paul N.
McDonald, Ryan R.
Irvine, James
Quinn, Brian
Nsungu, Mandiangu
Woods, Shirley
Khan, Mohammad
Ofner-Agostini, Marianna
Mulvey, Michael R.
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Levett, Paul N.
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description Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus infections in 3 northern remote communities of Saskatchewan was undertaken. Rates of methicillin-resistant infections were extremely high (146–482/10,000 population), and most (98.2%) were caused by USA400 strains. Although USA400 prevalence has diminished in the United States, this strain is continuing to predominate throughout many northern communities in Canada.
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spelling pubmed-33773912012-06-20 High Rates of Staphylococcus aureus USA400 Infection, Northern Canada Golding, George R. Levett, Paul N. McDonald, Ryan R. Irvine, James Quinn, Brian Nsungu, Mandiangu Woods, Shirley Khan, Mohammad Ofner-Agostini, Marianna Mulvey, Michael R. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus infections in 3 northern remote communities of Saskatchewan was undertaken. Rates of methicillin-resistant infections were extremely high (146–482/10,000 population), and most (98.2%) were caused by USA400 strains. Although USA400 prevalence has diminished in the United States, this strain is continuing to predominate throughout many northern communities in Canada. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3377391/ /pubmed/21470471 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1704.100482 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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