The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in an Israeli hospital.
Between July 1984 and August 1985, 200 cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) occurred in a large, tertiary care, medical school-affiliated hospital. During this period, a limited outbreak, causing serious infections, was identified in the Intensive Care Unit and was contained by appropriate infection control measures. Bacteriophage typing and surveillance cultures failed to identify a common or single source of dissemination of these strains. It appears that MRSA strains have emerged in Israel as endemic pathogens in hospitals, capable of causing serious nosocomial outbreaks.
Finkelstein
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Department of Internal Medicine D, Rambam Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Markel
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A
Reinherz
G
G
Hashman
N
N
Merzbach
D
D
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007557:Israel; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D005839:Gentamicins; D008712:Methicillin