Article
Community-adapted methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): population dynamics of an expanding community reservoir of MRSA.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Nov 2004
Carleton Heather A, Diep Binh An, Charlebois Edwin D, Sensabaugh George F, Perdreau-Remington Françoise
Abstract excerpt
To define methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) reservoirs in the community and their population dynamics, we studied the molecular epidemiology of a random sample (n=490) from a collection of 2154 inpatient and outpatient MRSA isolates during a 7-year period in San Francisco. We noted a progressive replacement of type II staphylococcal chromosomal cassette (SCC)mec-bearing isolates with type IV...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Community-Acquired Infections
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Inpatients
- Methicillin Resistance
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Molecular Epidemiology