title: Occurrence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a teaching hospital in Philadelphia.
abstract: Manual medical record mining and data analysis were performed at a tertiary care university teaching hospital to establish the rate of occurrence of and risk factors for infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Patients with surgical site infections had the highest rate of MRSA infection, representing 59% of the MRSA infections recorded. The mortality rate in patients with relapsed MRSA was 45% (13 of 30), compared with no deaths in 149 new MRSA cases. The majority of deaths in patients with relapsed MRSA occurred in the intensive care unit.
authors.affiliation: Surgical and Nosocomial Infections Research Program, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Sheldon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Sohail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altafi
authors.forename: Kristine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Christopher L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Emery
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: Ari D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Suresh G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015143:Philadelphia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D055815:Young Adult