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. 2010 May;138(5):683-5.
doi: 10.1017/S0950268810000099. Epub 2010 Jan 29.

The impact of household transmission on duration of outpatient colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

E Lautenbach  1 , P Tolomeo, I Nachamkin, B Hu, T E Zaoutis
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The impact of household transmission on duration of outpatient colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

E Lautenbach et al. Epidemiol Infect. 2010 May.

Abstract

We identified eight consecutive patients who presented with a skin or soft tissue infection due to MRSA. Of seven household members of these cases, three were colonized with MRSA. The mean duration of MRSA colonization in index cases was 33 days (range 14-104), while mean duration of colonization in household cases was 54 days (range 12-95). There was a borderline significant association between having a concurrent colonized household member and a longer duration of colonization (mean 44 days vs. 26 days, P=0.08).

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