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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Anderson AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3601133 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20120824 11
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of healthcare-associated infections and is responsible for a substantial burden of disease in hospitalized patients. Despite increasingly rigorous infection control guidelines, the prevalence and corresponding negative impact of S. aureus infections remain considerable. Difficulties in controlling S. aureus infections as well as the associated treatment costs are exacerbated by increasing rates of resistance to available antibiotics. Despite ongoing efforts ...[more]