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X-Z Huang1, D M Cash1, M A Chahine1, G T Van Horn2, D P Erwin2, J T McKay2, L R Hamilton2, K H Jerke3, E-M A Co2, W K Aldous2, E P Lesho1, L E Lindler4, R A Bowden1, M P Nikolich1.
Abstract
SUMMARYStaphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of infections in deployed service members. Based on a molecular epidemiological study of 182 MRSA isolates from patients in three U.S. Army combat support hospitals in separate regions in Iraq, USA300 clone was the most predominant (80%) pulsotype. This finding suggested that strain carriage from the home country by military personnel is epidemiologically more important than local acquisition.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20727246 DOI： 10.1017/S0950268810001950
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Epidemiol Infect ISSN： 0950-2688 Impact factor: 2.451