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The changing epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus?

Emerging infectious diseases ·Vol. 7 ·No. 2 ·2001-00-00 ·Pages 178-82

Chambers HF

Abstract

Strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which had been largely confined to hospitals and long-term care facilities, are emerging in the community. The changing epidemiology of MRSA bears striking similarity to the emergence of penicillinase-mediated resistance in S. aureus decades ago. Even though the origin (hospital or the community) of the emerging MRSA strains is not known, the prevalence of these strains in the community seems likely to increase substantially.

MeSH Terms
Communicable Diseases, Emerging/epidemiology,microbiology Community-Acquired Infections/epidemiology,microbiology Humans Methicillin Resistance Penicillinase/biosynthesis Prevalence Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology,microbiology Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects,enzymology
Chemicals
Penicillinase
Authors & Affiliations
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Chambers H F
University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Article Info
Journal
Emerging infectious diseases
Abbr.
Emerg Infect Dis
ISSN
1080-6040
DOI
10.3201/eid0702.010204
Published
2001-00-00
Pages
178-82
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
9508155
PMCID
PMC2631711
Subset
IM
Grants
NIAID NIH HHS · AI46610 · United States
External Links
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