Molecular distinctions exist between community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and disease-associated isolates in children.

Thomsen I, McKenna BD, Saye EJ, Jimenez N, Edwards KM, Creech CB. Molecular distinctions exist between community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and disease-associated isolates in children. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2011 May;30(30). 418-21. PMID: 21263373 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3077447 NIHMSID: NIHMS268829.

Abstract

To define the molecular epidemiology of colonization and disease-associated isolates of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).