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Progression from new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation to infection: an observational study in a hospital cohort

BACKGROUND: Patients newly colonised with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are at higher risk of clinical MRSA infection. At present, there are limited data on the duration or magnitude of this risk in a hospital population with a known time of MRSA acquisition. METHODS: A retrospe...

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Autores principales: Balm, Michelle ND, Lover, Andrew A, Salmon, Sharon, Tambyah, Paul A, Fisher, Dale A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24148135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-491