Whole-Genome Sequencing Shows That Patient-to-Patient Transmission Rarely Accounts for Acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus in an Intensive Care Unit

Background. Strategies to prevent Staphylococcus aureus infection in hospitals focus on patient-to-patient transmission. We used whole-genome sequencing to investigate the role of colonized patients as the source of new S. aureus acquisitions, and the reliability of identifying patient-to-patient tr...

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Autores principales: Price, James R., Golubchik, Tanya, Cole, Kevin, Wilson, Daniel J., Crook, Derrick W., Thwaites, Guy E., Bowden, Rory, Walker, A. Sarah, Peto, Timothy E. A., Paul, John, Llewelyn, Martin J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24336829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit807

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24336829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit807

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