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A case control study of environmental and occupational exposures associated with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in patients admitted to a rural tertiary care hospital in a high density swine region

Schinasi, Leah; Wing, Steve; Augustino, Kerri L.; Ramsey, Keith M.; Nobles, Delores L.; Richardson, David B.; Price, Lance B.; Aziz, Maliha; MacDonald, Pia DM; Stewart, Jill R. (2014)

Background: Distinct strains of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been identified on livestock and livestock workers. Industrial food animal production may be an important environmental reservoir for ...