Community-associated Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusand Healthcare Risk Factors

Monina Klevens, R.; Morrison, Melissa; K. Fridkin, Scott; Reingold, Arthur; Petit, Susan; Gershman, Ken; M. Ray, Susan; H. Harrison, Lee; Lynfield, Ruth; Dumyati, Ghinwa; M. Townes, John; S. Craig, Allen; E. Fosheim, Gregory; K. McDougal, Linda; C. Tenover, Fred

doi:10.3201/eid1212.060505

Public

Community-associated Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusand Healthcare Risk Factors

Published in Emerging infectious diseases • Jan 1, 2006

Authors:

R. Monina Klevens

Melissa Morrison

Scott K. Fridkin

Abstract

To determine frequency of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections caused by strains typically associated with community-acquired infections (USA300) among persons with healthcare-related risk factors (HRFs), we evaluated surveillance data. Of patients with HRFs, 18%-28% had a "communi...

Subject

Staphylococcus aureus

Medicine

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!