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.
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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