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. 2013 Sep;41(9):841-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.11.014. Epub 2013 Feb 20.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among pediatric health care workers from different outpatient settings

Lilly Cheng Immergluck  1 , Sarah W Satola, Shabnam Jain, Courtney McCracken, J Renee' Watson, Trisha Chan, Traci Leong, Edward Gottlieb, Robert C Jerris
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among pediatric health care workers from different outpatient settings

Lilly Cheng Immergluck et al. Am J Infect Control. 2013 Sep.

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus colonization rates in pediatric health care workers from different types of outpatient settings were determined from December 2008 through May 2010. Colonization rates for Staphylococcus aureus and, specifically, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) rates were similar to the rates that have been reported for the general population. The predominant MRSA pulsed-field gel electrophoresis type associated with colonization in these health care workers is not MRSA USA300.

Keywords: Bacterial carriage; Children; Health occupation risk; MRSA; Skin and soft tissue infection.

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