Session: MRSA (Community-Associated) (21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (April 1-4, 2011))

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A Negative Nasal Screen for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) At The Time Of Hospital Admission Is A Predictor Of Culture-Negativity for MRSA
Joanne Levin, MD, Cooley Dickinson Hosp; Donald Campbell, Cooley Dickinson Hospital; Leah Hirschman, Cooley Dickinson Hospital

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Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in pediatric intensive care units over ten years
Christina Renee Hermos, MD, MMSc, Children's Hospital Boston; Laura Williams, BA, Children's Hospital Boston; Thomas J. Sandora, MD, MPH, Children's Hospital Boston; Alexander J. McAdam, Children's Hospital Boston

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Evidence of Linezolid MIC Creep and Resistance among Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a Community Teaching Hospital
S. Lena Kang-Birken, Pharm.D., Cottage Health System

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Colonization/Infection with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Among Patients and Their Contacts at a Tertiary Care Children's Hospital in the Midwest
Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD, Creighton University; Mel Hall, Children's Hospital and Medical Center; Sharon Plummer, RN, BS, CIC, Children's Hospital and Medical Center; Brenda Heybrock, RN, CIC, Children's Hospital and Medical Center; Lindsey Hegemann, BSN, RN, CPN, Children's Hospital and Medical Center; Kari Simonsen, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center

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Linking molecular subtyping with clinical characteristics of patients with USA 300 methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections
Legesse Mekonnen, MD, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Richard Bakker, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Shu-Hua Wang, MD, MPH&TM, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Yosef Khan, MBBS, MPH, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Lisa Hines, RN, CIC, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Kurt Stevenson, MD, MPH, The Ohio State University Medical Center

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Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Patients with Community-associated Skin Infections
Bernard C. Camins, MD, MSCR, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine; Sarah W. Satola, PhD, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine; Emily Crispell, GA Emerging Infections Program; Ewelina Lyszkowicz, GA Emerging Infections Program; Jemila Joseph, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine; Victoria Fancher, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine; Stephanie A. Fritz, MD, MSCI, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine

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Risk Factors for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (SSTIs) in HIV-Infected Patients
Vagish S. Hemmige, MD, University of Chicago Medical Center; Ethan J. Silverman, BS, University of Chicago Medical Center; Michael Z. David, MD, PhD, University of Chicago Medical Center

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