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Multicenter Study
. 2006 Dec;12(12):1991-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1212.060505.

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and healthcare risk factors

R Monina Klevens  1 , Melissa A Morrison, Scott K Fridkin, Arthur Reingold, Susan Petit, Ken Gershman, Susan Ray, Lee H Harrison, Ruth Lynfield, Ghinwa Dumyati, John M Townes, Allen S Craig, Gregory Fosheim, Linda K McDougal, Fred C Tenover; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance of the Emerging Infections Program Network
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Multicenter Study

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and healthcare risk factors

R Monina Klevens et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Dec.

Abstract

To determine frequency of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections caused by strains typically associated with community-acquired infections (USA300) among persons with healthcare-related risk factors (HRFs), we evaluated surveillance data. Of patients with HRFs, 18%-28% had a "community-associated" strain, primarily USA300; of patients without HRFs, 26% had a "healthcare-associated" strain, typically USA100.

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