title: Increase in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a Naval Medical Center.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California 92134-1005, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kallen
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Driscoll
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: 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*