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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1512.081341
Personal Author:
Klein, Eili ; Smith, David L. ; Laxminarayan, Ramanan
Klein, Eili ; Smith, David L. ; Laxminarayan, Ramanan Less -
Description:
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has become a major problem in US hospitals already dealing with high levels of hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). Using antimicrobial drug susceptibility data for 1999-2006 from The Surveillance Network, we characterized the relationship between outpatient and inpatient levels of CA-MRSA nationally. In outpatients, the frequency of CA-MRSA isolates has increased >7 x during 1999-2006, which suggests that outpatients have become a major reservoir for CA-MRSA. However, contrary to results in other reports, although CA-MRSA increases are associated with decreases in the frequency of HA-MRSA in hospitals, the decreases are only modest. This finding suggests that instead of replacing HA-MRSA in the hospital, CA-MRSA is adding to the overall presence of MRSA already found within the hospital population.
Subject:
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Community-Acquired Infections
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Research
Staphylococcal Infections
Time Factors

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 15(12):1925-1930.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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