Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

Hospitalists Lead Charge Against HAIs

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It reads like the alphabet soup of healthcare: CDI, MRSA, CAUTI, and VAE. Those letters all fall under the category of hospital or healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), and they can wreak havoc on patient care. On any given day, about 1 in 31 hospital patients has at least one HAI, according to the Centers for Disease … Read more

Genomic insights into the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus involved in ear infections | BMC Infectious Diseases

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To investigate the clonal diversity of EIA-MRSA, a ML tree was constructed from 105 isolates in this study. Eleven clonal complexes (CCs) were identified, with the majority of isolates found in CC59 (35/105), CC5 (21/105), CC398 (16/105), CC1 (9/105), and CC22 (8/105) (Figure S1). Quinolone resistance promotes community spread of EIA-MRSA Acquisition of increased AMR … Read more