[Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Decrease of incidence in a medical resuscitation unit at CHU Charles-Nicolle in Tunis].
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major pathogen in hospitals. Between 1985 to 1988, there has been an increase in the number of MRSA (92 %) caused by an epidemic emergency in medical care unit of our hospital. Infections control measures allowed to stop these outbreaks (20 % MRSA in 1990). But incidence of MRSA persist to decrease without supplement control measures and in 1994, only 7 % of Staphylococcus aureus strains are MRSA.
Ben Hassen
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Laboratoire de bactériologie-virologie, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Tunis.
Bouabdallah
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F
Ben Abdallah
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Matri
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Ben Maiz
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H
Ben Redjeb
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S
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D014416:Tunisia
Staphylococcus aureus méticilline résistant. Diminution de son incidence en réanimation médicale au CHU Charles-Nicolle de Tunis.