Volume 17, Number 4—April 2011

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High Rates of Staphylococcus aureus USA400 Infection, Northern Canada

George R. Golding, Paul N. Levett, Ryan R. McDonald, James Irvine, Brian Quinn, Mandiangu Nsungu, Shirley Woods, Mohammad Khan, Marianna Ofner-Agostini, Michael R. Mulvey , and the Northern Antibiotic Resistance Partnership

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (G.R. Golding, M.R. Mulvey); Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (P.N. Levett, R.R. McDonald); Population Health Unit, LaRonge, Saskatchewan (J. Irvine, B. Quinn); Northern Intertribal Health Authority, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (M. Nsungu, S. Woods); Kelsey Trail Health Region, Melfort, Saskatchewan (M. Khan); Public Health Agency Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (M. Ofner-Agostini); University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba (M.R. Mulvey)

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Figure 1

Figure 1. Crude rates of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (A) and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (B) infections per 10,000 population in 3 select communities (sites A, B, and C) of northern Saskatchewan, Canada.

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¹Members of the Northern Antibiotic Resistance Partnership are listed at the end of this article.

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