Medical and Household Characteristics Associated with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage among Patients Admitted to a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital

Leah Schinasi; Steve Wing; Pia D. M. MacDonald; David B. Richardson; Jill R. Stewart; Kerri L.Augustino; Delores L. Nobles; Keith M. Ramsey

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073595

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Medical and Household Characteristics Associated with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage among Patients Admitted to a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital

Leah Schinasi ,

* E-mail: schinasi@email.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Steve Wing,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Pia D. M. MacDonald,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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David B. Richardson,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Jill R. Stewart,

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, The University of NC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Kerri L.Augustino,

Affiliations Department of Infection Control, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America
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Delores L. Nobles,

Affiliations Department of Infection Control, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America
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Keith M. Ramsey

Affiliations Department of Infection Control, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America
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Medical and Household Characteristics Associated with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage among Patients Admitted to a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital

Leah Schinasi,
Steve Wing,
Pia D. M. MacDonald,
David B. Richardson,
Jill R. Stewart,
Kerri L.Augustino,
Delores L. Nobles,
Keith M. Ramsey

Published: August 26, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073595

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