Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Spanish hospital.
Recent reports of the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Europe are infrequent compared with reports in the 1960s. Annual incidence of the isolation of MRSA was studied in a general hospital in Guipúzcoa (Basque country) over a 9-year period. Overall prevalence was 4.5%-12.93% in the first 3 years (coinciding with an epidemic phase) and later 0.29%, underlining the cyclic and epidemic nature of this infection.
Pérez Trallero
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Servicio de Microbiologia, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Aránzazu, San Sebastián, Spain.
Garcia Arenzana
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Cilla Eguiluz
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Cisterna Cáncer
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D006801:Humans; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013030:Spain; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*
D008712:Methicillin