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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 349-351Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181fe075e
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Staphylococcus aureus; colonization; methicillin resistance
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [T32-HD007507]
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), NIH [UL1-RR024992, K30-RR022251]
- NIH Roadmap for Medical Research
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The natural history of contemporary Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization was evaluated in community children during a 1-year period. Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus nasal carriage was more persistent than methicillin-resistant S. aureus nasal carriage, which was usually self-limited. Children with persistent staphylococcal colonization often carried identical strains. Identification of persistent methicillin-resistant S. aureus carriers might inform strategies for decolonization and reduction of staphylococcal transmission.
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