Increase in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a Naval Medical Center

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Mar;21(3):223-6. doi: 10.1086/501750.

Abstract

A retrospective review of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, for the years 1994 through 1997, found that the annual number of community-acquired MRSA isolates increased during the period. These outpatient isolates were more likely than inpatient isolates to be sensitive to a greater number of antibiotics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499
  • Hospitals, Military*
  • Humans
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*