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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 11, Pages 4234-4236Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00860-06
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We describe two outbreaks among newborns, one caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the other by hospital-associated MRSA. The umbilicus, rectum, and nares were tested for colonization. We found that no single body site had optimal sensitivity when tested alone. The combination of umbilical and nasal swabs achieved a sensitivity of > 90%.
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