Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Finland. (Research).

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: Lyytikainen, Outi; Salmenlinna, Saara; Vuopio-Varkila, Jaana | Copyright information

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is no longer only hospital acquired. MRSA is defined as community acquired if the MRSA-positive specimen was obtained outside hospital settings or within 2 days of hospital admission, and if it was from a person who had not been hospitalized within 2 years before the date of MRSA isolation. To estimate the proportion of community-acquired MRSA, we analyzed previous hospitalizations for all MRSA-positive persons in Finland from 1997 ...

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