title: Clinical and epidemiologic features of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in elderly hospitalized patients.
abstract: We describe characteristics of elderly patients with MRSA identified in 37 Canadian hospitals between 1995 and 2002. Of these inpatients, 6,613 (66%) were older than 65 years. They were more likely than younger patients to have been colonized without infection and to have had MRSA isolated from urine or the perineum. The epidemiology and clinical features of these patients is distinct from that of younger patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. andrew.simor@sw.ca
authors.forename: Andrew E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Simor
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ofner-Agostini
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paton
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McGeer
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loeb
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bryce
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mulvey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*