Identifying conditions for elimination and epidemic potential of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nursing homes

BACKGROUND: Residents of nursing homes are commonly colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) but there is a limited understanding of the dynamics and determinants of spread in this setting. To address this gap, we sought to use mathematical modeling to assess the epidemic po...

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Autores principales: Batina, Nataliya G., Crnich, Christopher J., Anderson, David F., Döpfer, Dörte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-016-0130-7

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