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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Boston City Hospital: Bacteriologic and Epidemiologic Observations
Abstract
Twenty-two isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus were obtained from 18 patients; 21 of the strains were phage nontypable, exhibited methicillin resistance to other penicillins and cephalosporins tested, and had characteristics similar to those of previously reported methicillin-resistant strains. These staphylococci were isolated from patients on seven of the 42 hospital wards. Fifteen of the 18 patients acquired their infection in the hospital. Thirteen of the 22 isolates were from the sputum of 12 patients with pulmonary superinfection, and four from the urine of two patients with catheter-associated urinary-tract infections. Evidence of patient-to-patient spread of infection was found during a ward outbreak involving four clinical cases and a nurse who was a nasopharyngeal carrier.
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- Barrett, F. F., McGehee, R. F., & Finland, M.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 1968-08-29
- Volume
- 279
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 441-448
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
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- W2044761912
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- 512
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- 20.51
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- closed
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