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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages 459-461Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000215228.25382.bd
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methicillin-resistant; Staphylococcus aureus; nasal carriage
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A nasal swab specimen was collected for culture within 48 hours of admission and a questionnaire was completed using a convenience sample of 350 patients admitted to Driscoll Children's Hospital between February 15 and March 15, 2005. Of the 350 patients enrolled, 125 (36%) patients were colonized with Staphylococcus. aureus and 76 (61%) of the 125 S. aureus isolates were methicillin-resistant.
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