Prevalence and Characteristics of qacA/B-positive Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Bloodstream Infection Isolates in a Tertiary Hospital
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2170. Association of Active Surveillance and Decolonization Program on Incidence of Clinical Cultures Growing Staphylococcus aureus in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Annie Voskertchian, MPH1; Ibukunoluwa Akinboyo, MD2; Anna Sick, MPH3; Susan W. Aucott, MD4 and Aaron M. Milstone, MD, MHS, FIDSA, FSHEA; Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore, Maryland, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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Characteristics of qacA/B-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients and a hospital environment in China.
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