Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in three communities.

Scott K. Fridkin; Jeffrey C. Hageman; Melissa Morrison; Laurie Thomson Sanza; Kathryn Como-Sabetti; John A. Jernigan; Kathleen Harriman; Lee H. Harrison; Ruth Lynfield; Monica M. Farley; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Program of the Emerging Infections Program Network

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in three communities.

April 27, 2005

Fridkin SK, Hageman JC, Morrison M, et al. N Engl J Med. 2005;352(14):1436-44.

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This surveillance project involving hospital- and populations-level data indicates that acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection now occurs commonly in community settings.

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