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Increase in Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a Naval Medical Center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Alexander J. Kallen ,
Timothy J. Driscoll ,
Scott Thornton ,
Patrick E. Olson  and
Mark R. Wallace
Alexander J. Kallen*
Affiliation:
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California
Timothy J. Driscoll
Affiliation:
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California
Scott Thornton
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Naval Environmental and Preventative Medicine Unit No 5, San Diego, California
Mark R. Wallace
Affiliation:
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California
*
Naval Medical Center San Diego, Clinical Investigation Department, 34800 Bob Wilson Dr, Suite 5, San Diego, CA 92134-1005
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Abstract

A retrospective review of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, for the years 1994 through 1997, found that the annual number of community-acquired MRSA isolates increased during the period. These outpatient isolates were more likely than inpatient isolates to be sensitive to a greater number of antibiotics.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , March 2000 , pp. 223 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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