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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2007, p. 2293-2295, Vol. 45, No. 7
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.00044-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Phenotypic Prediction Rule for Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Kyle Popovich,
Bala Hota,*
Thomas Rice,
Alla Aroutcheva, and
Robert A. Weinstein
Rush University Medical Center, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois 60612
Received 5 January 2007/
Returned for modification 26 March 2007/
Accepted 30 April 2007
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.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Rush University Medical Center, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 637 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612. Phone: (312) 864-4592. Fax: (312) 864-9496. E-mail:
bhota{at}rush.edu
Published ahead of print on 9 May 2007.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2007, p. 2293-2295, Vol. 45, No. 7
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.00044-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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