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MRSA spread through sexual contact
Infection Control Monitor, March 9, 2007
Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be spread by heterosexual activity, a mode of transmission not previously documented, a new study reported.
Scientists at Columbia University Medical Center identified three cases in which community-associated MRSA passed between sexual partners. They reported their findings in the February 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
"This report documents an important and previously unrecognized means of community-associated [MRSA] colonization and transmission for these potentially invasive strains," the researchers said.
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