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Epidemiol Infect
; 139(7): 994-7, 2011 Jul.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20727246
RESUMO
SUMMARYStaphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of infections in deployed service members. Based on a molecular epidemiological study of 182 MRSA isolates from patients in three U.S. Army combat support hospitals in separate regions in Iraq, USA300 clone was the most predominant (80%) pulsotype. This finding suggested that strain carriage from the home country by military personnel is epidemiologically more important than local acquisition.