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- Title
Molecular Epidemiology of Recurrent Cutaneous Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children.
- Authors
Al-Zubeidi, Duha; Burnham, Carey-Ann D.; Hogan, Patrick G.; Collins, Rachel; Hunstad, David A.; Fritz, Stephanie A.
- Abstract
We assessed the relatedness by repetitive-sequence polymerase chain reaction of isolates obtained from children with recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cutaneous infections over 6 years. Ninety percent of the cases could be attributed to recurrence of the same strain type, suggesting that optimized decolonization methods in children might effectively prevent recurrent infection.
- Subjects
MOLECULAR epidemiology; JUVENILE diseases; INFECTION in children; POLYMERASE chain reaction; INFECTION
- Publication
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2014, Vol 3, Issue 3, p261
- ISSN
2048-7193
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jpids/pit046