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Molecular Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in 2 Long-Term Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Lona Mody ,
Erica Flannery ,
Andrew Bielaczyc  and
Suzanne F. Bradley
Lona Mody*
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and from the Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Erica Flannery
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Andrew Bielaczyc
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Suzanne F. Bradley
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and from the Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
*
Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, 11 G, GRECC, 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (lonamody@umich.edu)
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Abstract

Persistent colonization with Staphylococcus aureus was assessed in 22 nursing home residents. Eighteen residents (82%) remained colonized with the same strain found at baseline; 6 (33%) of 18 residents transiently acquired a new strain. Four residents (18%) acquired a new persistent strain. Residents colonized with methicillin-resistant S. aureus were more likely to acquire a new strain (67%) than were residents colonized with methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (20%) (P = .04).

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 212 - 214
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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