Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Trends in Case and Isolate Characteristics from Six Years of Prospective Surveillance
Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Trends in Case and Isolate Characteristics from Six Years of Prospective Surveillance
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DOI:
10.1177/003335490912400312
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发表时间:
2009-05-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Lynfield, Ruth
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作者:
Como-Sabetti, Kathryn;Harriman, Kathleen H.;Lynfield, Ruth
Objectives. In 2000, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) implemented active, sentinel site surveillance for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). Data from 2000-2005 were analyzed to determine trends in case characteristics, pulsed-field types (PFTs), and antimicrobial susceptibilities including inducible clindamycin resistance (ICR).Methods. Active sentinel site surveillance was initiated in 2000 at 12 hospital laboratories that served inpatients and outpatients. Patient medical records were reviewed to determine if they met the epidemiologic case criteria for CA-MRSA; isolates were obtained from patients meeting these criteria. The MDH Public Health Laboratory performed pulsed-field gel electrophoresis subtyping and antimicrobial susceptibility testing, including ICR.Results. The proportion of M RSA cases classified as CA increased from 11% to 33% (p