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2468. Is On-Demand Multilocus Sequence Typing of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridioides difficile Hospital Isolates Useful for Infection Control Practice?

BACKGROUND: MRSA and C. diff are important causes of hospital-onset (HO) or healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Molecular sequencing of bacterial pathogens is often used retrospectively during outbreak investigations to determine phylogenetic linkage. We evaluated the utility of on-demand multil...

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Autores principales: Holodniy, Mark, Winters, Mark, Aseo, Rowena, Markman, Laura, Chary, Aarthi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810704/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2146