Community-associated methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, Switzerland

Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen; Francois, Patrice; Schrenzel, Jacques; Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Carolina Maria; Hugonnet, Stéphane; Kossler, Thibaud; Huyghe, Antoine; Pittet, Didier

doi:10.3201/eid1106.041308

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English

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Switzerland

ContributorsHarbarth, Stéphan Juergen

; Francois, Patrice

; Schrenzel, Jacques; Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Carolina Maria; Hugonnet, Stéphane; Kossler, Thibaud; Huyghe, Antoine; Pittet, Didier

Published inEmerging infectious diseases, vol. 11, no. 6, p. 962-965

Publication date2005

Abstract

Two case-control studies evaluated the prevalence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) carriage at hospital admission and characteristics of patients with CA-MRSA. Among 14,253 patients, CA-MRSA prevalence was 0.9/1,000 admissions. Although 5 CA-MRSA isolates contained Panton-Valentine leukocidin, only 1 patient had a previous skin infection. No easily modifiable risk factor for CA-MRSA was identified.

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Carrier State/ epidemiology/microbiology
Case-Control Studies
Community-Acquired Infections/ epidemiology/microbiology
Female
Humans
Male
Methicillin Resistance
Middle Aged
Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data
Prevalence
Staphylococcal Infections/ epidemiology/microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus/ drug effects
Switzerland/epidemiology

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Citation (ISO format)

HARBARTH, Stéphan Juergen et al. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Switzerland. In: Emerging infectious diseases, 2005, vol. 11, n° 6, p. 962–965. doi: 10.3201/eid1106.041308

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:7291
DOI : 10.3201/eid1106.041308
PMID : 15963298
PMCID : PMC3367580

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no06/04-1308.htm

Journal ISSN1080-6040

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