Authors:

Juliane Krebes, Hasan Al-Ghusein, Nick Feasey, Aodhan Breathnach, Jodi A. Lindsay

Abstract:

Of 840 patients at hospital admission, 2.7% were positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and 22.3% were positive for methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA). During the next 8 months, 4.8% of the MSSA-positive patients acquired MRSA with no lineage association. A total of 5.2% of noncarriers acquired MRSA. We find no evidence that colonized hosts are more susceptible to acquiring MRSA.

Journal:

J Clin Microbiol

Year:

2011

PMID:

20980558

PMCID:

PMC3020424

Hyperlink:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20980558