TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular epidemiology of recurrent cutaneous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in children
AU - Al-Zubeidi, Duha
AU - Burnham, Carey Ann D.
AU - Hogan, Patrick G.
AU - Collins, Rachel
AU - Hunstad, David A.
AU - Fritz, Stephanie A.
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - We assessed the relatedness by repetitive-sequence polymerase chain reaction of isolates obtained from children with recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cutaneous infections over 6 years. Ninety percent of the cases could be attributed to recurrence of the same strain type, suggesting that optimized decolonization methods in children might effectively prevent recurrent infection.
AB - We assessed the relatedness by repetitive-sequence polymerase chain reaction of isolates obtained from children with recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cutaneous infections over 6 years. Ninety percent of the cases could be attributed to recurrence of the same strain type, suggesting that optimized decolonization methods in children might effectively prevent recurrent infection.
KW - Decolonization
KW - Repetitive-sequence polymerase chain reaction
KW - Skin and soft-tissue infection
KW - Staphylococcus aureus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949130988&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/jpids/pit046
DO - 10.1093/jpids/pit046
M3 - Article
C2 - 25844165
AN - SCOPUS:84949130988
SN - 2048-7193
VL - 3
SP - 261
EP - 264
JO - Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
JF - Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
IS - 3
ER -