Increase in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a Naval Medical Center.
A retrospective review of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, for the years 1994 through 1997, found that the annual number of community-acquired MRSA isolates increased during the period. These outpatient isolates were more likely than inpatient isolates to be sensitive to a greater number of antibiotics.
Kallen
A J
AJ
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California 92134-1005, USA.
Driscoll
T J
TJ
Thornton
S
S
Olson
P E
PE
Wallace
M R
MR
D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*