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. 2009 Aug;47(8):2655-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00771-09. Epub 2009 Jun 3.

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Finland in 2004 to 2006

Mari Kanerva  1 , Saara Salmenlinna, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila, Pirkko Lehtinen, Teemu Möttönen, Mikko J Virtanen, Outi Lyytikäinen
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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Finland in 2004 to 2006

Mari Kanerva et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Aug.

Abstract

A nationwide population-based study on community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in Finland during 2004 to 2006 showed that both incidence (1.9/100,000 population) and strain variation increased in comparison to years 1997 to 1999. There were 7 community-associated epidemic and 25 sporadic MRSA strain types. Half of these had Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.

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