title: [Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia seven years of survey in a French hospital].
abstract: In our French general hospital with 1000 hospitalization beds, a specific isolation for multiresistant bacteria colonized or infected patients was set up since 1998. To assess the impact of these recommendations, the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia was calculated for each year since 1998. From 1998 to 2004, 493 cases of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) bacteremia occurred in our hospital: 319 strains were susceptible to methicillin and 174 were MRSA. During the 7 years period of our study, we observed a significant tendency for reduction in the number of bacteremia with MRSA strains (p=0.016). The significant decrease of the MRSA bacteremia between 1998 and 2004 was obtained through the cooperation between staff members, bacteriologists and hospital nosocomial infection committee members.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de bactériologie-virologie-hygiène, centre hospitalier René-Dubos, 6 avenue de l'Ile-de-France, 95301 Pontoise, France. michel.thibault@ch.pontoise.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thibault
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blanchard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martres
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*