Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2009)

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 Clone in Long-Term Care Facility

  • Pierre Tattevin,
  • Binh An Diep,
  • Michael Jula,
  • Françoise Perdreau-Remington

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.080195
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 6
pp. 953 – 955

Abstract

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We performed a longitudinal analysis of 661 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates obtained from patients in a long-term care facility. USA300 clone increased from 11.3% of all MRSA isolates in 2002 to 64.0% in 2006 (p<0.0001) and was mostly recovered from skin or skin structures (64.3% vs. 27.0% for non-USA300 MRSA; p<0.0001).

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