title: Prevalence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in patients with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: We prospectively determined the prevalence of community-associated Staphylococcus aureus in a large cystic fibrosis (CF) center between October 2005 and October 2007. We found that 2.7% (19/707) of the CF patients who had cultures during the study period were infected with this organism, representing 14% of the total methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains (n = 140) recovered from the patient population during the study period.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology-Immunology Laboratories, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina 27514, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Goodrich
authors.forename: Tameaka N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Sutton-Shields
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Joel P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wedd
authors.forename: Melissa B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gilligan
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*