The environment as an unrecognized reservoir for community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300: a case-control study.

The environment as an unrecognized reservoir for community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300: a case-control study.

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are spreading, but the source of infections in non-epidemic settings remains poorly defined.We carried out a community-based, case-control study investigating socio-demographic risk factors and infectious reservoir...

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Main Authors: Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, Justin Knox, Maureen Miller, Cory Hafer, Glenny Vasquez, Megan Ryan, Peter Vavagiakis, Qiuhu Shi, Franklin D Lowy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3144231?pdf=render

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