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Low prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at hospital admission: implications for risk-factor-based vs universal screening

Jonathan A. Otter, Michael Herdman, B. Williams, Olga Tosas, Jonathan D. Edgeworth, G.L. French

Journal of Hospital Infection · 2013 · 27 citations · 17 references

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Universal Screening for Methicillin-Resistant <emph type="ital">Staphylococcus aureus</emph> at Hospital Admission and Nosocomial Infection in Surgical Patients

Stéphan Harbarth · JAMA · 2008 · 535 citations

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Update to the Multiplex PCR Strategy for Assignment of <i>mec</i> Element Types in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Catarina Milheiriço, Duarte C. Oliveira, Hermı́nia de Lencastre · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2007 · 500 citations · Full text

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Are Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Strains Replacing Traditional Nosocomial MRSA Strains?

Kyle J. Popovich, Robert A. Weinstein, Bala Hota · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2008 · 379 citations · Full text

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Methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in hospitals and the community: Stealth dynamics and control catastrophes

Ben S. Cooper, Graham F. Medley, S. Stone et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 299 citations · Full text

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Body site colonization in patients with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other types of S. aureus skin infections

Eric Yang, Jennifer Tan, Samantha J. Eells et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 2009 · 184 citations · Full text

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