title: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Tygerberg Hospital.
abstract: During 1985 Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from blood cultures of 74 patients at Tygerberg Hospital who were suffering from serious illness compatible with systemic spread of the organism. Twenty-six isolates (35%) were community-acquired and none were methicillin-resistant, while 48 were hospital-acquired of which 23 (48%) were methicillin-resistant. Methicillin resistance appears to be a problem confined to hospital isolates of S. aureus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Stellenbosch, Parowvallei, CP.
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Peddie
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Donald
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sadler
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013019:South Africa; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D008712:Methicillin