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Phenotypic Prediction Rule for Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Popovich K, Hota B, Rice T, Aroutcheva A, Weinstein RA

Rush University Medical Center, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 637 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612. bhota@rush.edu.

Recent studies have suggested that community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are encroaching upon nosocomial settings. We assessed the performance characteristics of a rule using the antimicrobial phenotype to predict genotype. This rule could be applied for epidemiologic purposes to describe the trend in CA-MRSA infections over time.

Published 6 July 2007 in J Clin Microbiol, 45(7): 2293-5.
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