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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2009, p. 1231-1233, Vol. 47, No. 4
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00255-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Prevalence of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis{triangledown}

Jennifer S. Goodrich,1 Tameaka N. Sutton-Shields,1 Alan Kerr,1 Joel P. Wedd,2 Melissa B. Miller,1,3 and Peter H. Gilligan1,3*

Clinical Microbiology-Immunology Laboratories, University of North Carolina Hospitals,1 University of North Carolina School of Public Health,2 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina3

Received 5 February 2009/ Accepted 10 February 2009

We prospectively determined the prevalence of community-associated Staphylococcus aureus in a large cystic fibrosis (CF) center between October 2005 and October 2007. We found that 2.7% (19/707) of the CF patients who had cultures during the study period were infected with this organism, representing 14% of the total methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains (n = 140) recovered from the patient population during the study period.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Clinical Microbiology-Immunology Laboratories, UNC Hospitals, CB 7600, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Phone: (919) 966-6313. Fax: (919) 966-0486. E-mail: pgilliga{at}unch.unc.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 18 February 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2009, p. 1231-1233, Vol. 47, No. 4
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00255-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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