Health care-associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005-2008.

Alexander J. Kallen; Yi Mu; Sandra Bulens; Arthur Reingold; Susan Petit; Ken Gershman; Susan M. Ray; Lee H. Harrison; Ruth Lynfield; Ghinwa Dumyati; John M. Townes; William Schaffner; Priti R. Patel; Scott K. Fridkin; Active Bacterial Core surveillance MRSA Investigators of the Emerging Infections Program

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Health care-associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005-2008.

July 3, 2014

Kallen AJ, Mu Y, Bulens S, et al. JAMA. 2010;304(6):641-8.

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The overall rate of health care–associated infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus declined significantly from 2005 to 2008, perhaps as a result of more aggressive prevention strategies.

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