Molecular and Phenotypic Characteristics of Healthcare- and Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a Rural Hospital

• Amy E. Peterson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amy E. Peterson, Meghan F. Davis

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Meghan F. Davis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amy E. Peterson, Meghan F. Davis

  * E-mail: mdavis@jhsph.edu

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Kathleen G. Julian,

  Affiliation Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Grace Awantang,

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Wallace H. Greene,

  Affiliation Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Lance B. Price,

  Affiliation The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

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• Andrew Waters,

  Affiliation The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

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• Avanthi Doppalapudi,

  Affiliation Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Lisa J. Krain,

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Kenrad Nelson,

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Ellen K. Silbergeld,

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Cynthia J. Whitener

  Affiliation Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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