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The search and destroy strategy prevents spread and long-term carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: results from the follow-up screening of a large ST22 (E-MRSA 15) outbreak in Denmark

S. Böcher, Robert Skov, Michael Knudsen, Luca Guardabassi, Kåre Mølbak, P Schouenborg, Maria Ebbesen Sørum, Henrik Westh

Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 2010 · 47 citations · 23 references

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Typing of Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in a University Hospital Setting by Using Novel Software for <i>spa</i> Repeat Determination and Database Management

Dag Harmsen, Heike Claus, Wolfgang Witte et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2003 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Combination of Multiplex PCRs for Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome <i>mec</i> Type Assignment: Rapid Identification System for <i>mec</i> , <i>ccr</i> , and MajorDifferences in Junkyard Regions

Yoko Kondo, Teruyo Ito, Xiao Xue et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2006 · 966 citations · Full text

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Methicillin-resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>in Pig Farming

F Loeffen, Judith Bakker, Corné H. W. Klaassen et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 2005 · 773 citations · Full text

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Harmonization of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Protocols for Epidemiological Typing of Strains of Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> : a Single Approach Developed by Consensus in 10 European Laboratories and Its Application for Tracing the Spread of Related Strains

S. Murchan, Mary E. Kaufmann, A. Deplano et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2003 · 632 citations

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Tackling contamination of the hospital environment by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): a comparison between conventional terminal cleaning and hydrogen peroxide vapour decontamination

G.L. French, Jonathan A. Otter, Kevin Shannon et al. · Journal of Hospital Infection · 2004 · 404 citations

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