Increasing incidence of sterile-site infections due to non-multidrug- resistant, oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospitalized patients

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Article

Publication Title

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Abstract

The incidence of community-associated, healthcare-associated, and hospital-acquired sterile-site infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates and the susceptibility of the isolates to non-β-lactam antibiotics were evaluated for 549 hospitalized patients during a 3-year period. The incidence of community-associated MRSA infection increased significantly. The annual percentage of MRSA isolates from cases of healthcare-associated and hospital-acquired infection that were susceptible to 3 or more non-β-lactam antibiotics increased significantly. © 2006 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

First Page

95

Last Page

97

DOI

10.1086/509856

Publication Date

1-1-2007

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