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Screening for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a residence home for elderly in Germany

BACKGROUND: Since many hospitals report high MRSA colonization rates among elderly patients, and because it has been shown that S. aureus colonization increases with advancing age, there are concerns about the introduction of MRSA into nursing homes by MRSA positive patients discharged from hospital...

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Autores principales: Becker, Jürgen, Diel, Roland
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5291946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28174596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12995-017-0149-6