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EMERGENCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC TYPE IV METHICILLIN-RESIST STAPH AUREUS IN VAP

Wednesday, 16 January 2008
Neofytos D, Kuhn B, Shen S, Hua Zhu X, Jungkind D, Flomenberg P. Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Oct;28(10):1206-9. Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type IV methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains were identified in 8 (19.5%) of 41 consecutive patients with MRSA ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in this retrospective, observational study. There were no significant differences in VAP severity and crude mortality rates between patients with SCCmec type II strains and patients with SCCmec type IV strains.
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