Descriptive analysis of patients with community-onset and hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.
Three hundred sixty-seven hospital- and community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections diagnosed in a Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex community hospital are described. Differences in age, gender, ethnicity, and susceptibility to four antibiotics between the two groups of patients are explored.
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, 76107-2699, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology