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- Title
Heterosexual transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Authors
Cook, Heather A; Furuya, E Yoko; Larson, Elaine; Vasquez, Glenny; Lowy, Franklin D
- Abstract
Heterosexual transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has not been documented. As part of a survey conducted in northern Manhattan, we encountered 3 households in which heterosexual transmission was responsible for new community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection. The vaginal and inguinal isolates obtained from the sexual partners were USA 300. This report documents an important and previously unrecognized means of community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus colonization and transmission for these potentially invasive strains.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2007, Vol 44, Issue 3, p410
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/510681