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Euro Surveill
; 14(1)2009 Jan 08.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19161710
RESUMO
In a household setting within a residential care facility for visually and intellectually disabled people, a resident (index case) was diagnosed with dermal abscesses caused by a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) which was non-typeable by standard pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. All residents and staff in contact with the index case (a total of 200 people) were screened for MRSA.