Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Switzerland

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Harbarth, Stephan ; François, Patrice ; Schrenzel, Jacques ; Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Carolina ; Hugonnet, Stephane ; Koessler, Thibaud ; Huyghe, Antoine ; Pittet, Didier
• Description:
  Two case-control studies evaluated the prevalence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) carriage at hospital admission and characteristics of patients with CA-MRSA. Among 14,253 patients, CA-MRSA prevalence was 0.9/1,000 admissions. Although 5 CA-MRSA isolates contained Panton-Valentine leukocidin, only 1 patient had a previous skin infection. No easily modifiable risk factor for CA-MRSA was identified.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus
  • methicillin resistance
  • prevalence
  • Switzerland
  • community
  • risk factor
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Carrier State
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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(6):962-965.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15798/cdc_15798_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 130.73 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8fcc480fb45ce8ea840cb16a52458f67eff444bc8351b7e522ad063224730f83