Burns
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1112-1117 , December 2009

Twenty-five year epidemiology of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates recovered at a burn center

  • Clinton K. Murray

      Affiliations

    • Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA. Tel.: +1 210 916 8752; fax: +1 210 916 0388.
    • ,
  • Robert L. Holmes

      Affiliations

    • Keesler Medical Center, Biloxi, MS, USA
    • ,
  • Michael W. Ellis

      Affiliations

    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Katrin Mende

      Affiliations

    • Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA
    • Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Steven E. Wolf

      Affiliations

    • United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Linda K. McDougal

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • ,
  • Charles H. Guymon

      Affiliations

    • United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Duane R. Hospenthal

      Affiliations

    • Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

,Accepted 12 February 2009.

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☆ The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Department of the Army, Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services or the US government. This work was prepared as part of their official duties and, as such, there is no copyright to be transferred.

PII: S0305-4179(09)00073-4

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.02.013

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Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1112-1117 , December 2009

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