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Household Versus Individual Approaches to Eradication of Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus in Children: A Randomized Trial

2011; Oxford University Press; Volume: 54; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/cid/cir919

ISSN

1537-6591

Autores

Susanne A. Fritz, Patrick G. Hogan, Genevieve Hayek, Kimberly A. Eisenstein, Marcela Rodriguez, Emma K. Epplin, Jane Garbutt, Victoria J. Fraser,

Tópico(s)

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

Resumo

Background. Community-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections often affect multiple members of a household. We compared 2 approaches to S. aureus eradication: decolonizing the entire household versus decolonizing the index case alone.

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