title: Living with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a 7-year experience with endemic MRSA in a university hospital.
abstract: A review of our infection control records revealed 3,159 new isolations of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from 1988 to 1994. Prior to this period, our approach to MRSA had changed from eradication to containment measures. We found a decline in MRSA rates from 11.4 to 5.2 first isolations per 1,000 deaths and discharges over the study period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Adeyemi-Doro
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Scheel
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lyon
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006723:Hong Kong; D006757:Hospital Units; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification