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Is Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus Aureus</i> More Contagious than Methicillin-Susceptible <i>S. Aureus</i> in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit?

Menno R. Vriens, Ad C. Fluit, Annet Troelstra, J. Verhoef, Chris van der Werken

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2002 · 61 citations · 15 references

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In our surgical ICU, MRSA seems to spread more easily than MSSA, probably because of selection under antibiotic pressure or a still unknown intrinsic factor within MRSA.

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