| Literature DB >> 21367730 |
Caroline J Lee1, Sundary Sankaran, Dhritiman V Mukherjee, Zoltan L Apa, Cory A Hafer, Lester Wright, Elaine L Larson, Franklin D Lowy.
Abstract
Throat carriage (42.7%) of Staphylococcus aureus exceeded nasal carriage (35.0%) in 2 New York prisons. Methicillin resistance, primarily due to USA300, was high at both sites; 25% of dually colonized inmates had different strains. Strategies to reduce S. aureus transmission will need to consider the high frequency of throat colonization.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21367730 PMCID: PMC3049338 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir026
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079