title: Curiosities of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus survey - possibility of pseudo-outbreak and transmission to household contacts.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is currently one of the most prevalent antibiotic-resistant pathogens in hospitals, but it is also emerging as a community-acquired pathogen. We analysed the clinical and microbiological data of the patients in a county teaching hospital regarding MRSA. During the examination period (1996-2010), four outbreaks and one pseudo-outbreak occurred. It also became evident that health care workers and their families are possibly at risk of becoming carriers of MRSA. The importance of the molecular epidemiological investigation (pulsed-field gel-electrophoresis (PFGE)) typing and hygienic measures in order to detect and control MRSA outbreaks must be emphasised. Following infection control guidelines seems to be cost-effective method of controlling the nosocomial transmission of MRSA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Hygiene, Bács-Kiskun County Teaching Hospital, Kecskemét, Hungary.
authors.forename: Márta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patyi
authors.forename: Éva
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Varga
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kristóf
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission