Descriptive analysis of patients with community-onset and hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 Feb;25(2):171-3. doi: 10.1086/502372.

Abstract

Three hundred sixty-seven hospital- and community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections diagnosed in a Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex community hospital are described. Differences in age, gender, ethnicity, and susceptibility to four antibiotics between the two groups of patients are explored.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Middle Aged
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / transmission
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Texas / epidemiology