Latex agglutination-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus recovered from neonates: epidemiologic features and comparison of typing methods
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Latex agglutination-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus recovered from neonates: epidemiologic features and comparison of typing methods.
An unusual strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was repeatedly isolated from infants in a newborn special care unit (NBSC) and a newborn intensive care unit. Between January 1989 and March 1990, approximately 100 isolates from infected or colonized infants were recovered. Surveillance cultures taken during this time revealed a 20% colonization rate, which was defined as ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.30.10.2583-2588.1992