Nursing home characteristics associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Burden and Transmission

BACKGROUND: MRSA prevalence in nursing homes often exceeds that in hospitals, but reasons for this are not well understood. We sought to measure MRSA burden in a large number of nursing homes and identify facility characteristics associated with high MRSA burden. METHODS: We performed nasal swabs of...

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Autores principales: Murphy, Courtney R, Quan, Victor, Kim, Diane, Peterson, Ellena, Whealon, Matthew, Tan, Grace, Evans, Kaye, Meyers, Hildy, Cheung, Michele, Lee, Bruce Y, Mukamel, Dana B, Huang, Susan S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3528666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23095678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-269

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3528666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23095678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-269

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