High prevalence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among residents and staff of long-term care facilities, involving joint and parallel evolution

Mitchell J. Schwaber; Samira Masarwa; Shiri Navon-Venezia; Yael Kandlik; Inna Chmelnitsky; Gill Smollan; Rivka Glick; Gila Neria; Yehuda Carmeli

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High prevalence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among residents and staff of long-term care facilities, involving joint and parallel evolution

Mitchell J. Schwaber, Samira Masarwa, Shiri Navon-Venezia, Yael Kandlik, Inna Chmelnitsky, Gill Smollan, Rivka Glick, Gila Neria, Yehuda Carmeli

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Six long-term care facilities were surveyed for methicillin-resistant Staphylcoccus aureus (MRSA). Among 191 residents, 14% were carriers; 1 strain predominated (ST5-SCCmec II). Among 132 staff members, 11% were positive; 2 strains predominated (ST5-SCCmec II, ST8-SCCmec IV). All strains were Panton-Valentine leukocidin-negative. The epidemiology of MRSA among residents and staff involved joint and parallel evolution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	910-913
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	53
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir607
State	Published - 1 Nov 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Schwaber, M. J., Masarwa, S., Navon-Venezia, S., Kandlik, Y., Chmelnitsky, I., Smollan, G., Glick, R., Neria, G., & Carmeli, Y. (2011). High prevalence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among residents and staff of long-term care facilities, involving joint and parallel evolution. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 53(9), 910-913. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir607

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