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Gentamicin-Susceptible or Gentamicin-Resistant Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus A Case-Case Study
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 June 2016
Abstract
Gentamicin-susceptible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (GS-MRSA) strains are replacing gentamicin-resistant MRSA (GR-MRSA) strains. We showed that exposure to other patients harboring GS-MRSA was the major risk factor for GS-MRSA acquisition, and that antimicrobial exposure, especially to β-lactams, was strongly associated with acquisition of GR-MRSA but not GS-MRSA. Gentamicin use was significantly associated with GR-MRSA acquisition in univariate analysis only.
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