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Marked increase in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, Western Australia, 2004-2018.
Epidemiology and infection - 23 Apr 2020
Bloomfield L E, Coombs G W, Tempone S, Armstrong P K
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This study presents enhanced surveillance data from 2004 to 2018 for all community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) specimens collected in Western Australia (WA), and describes the changing epidemiology over this period. A total of 57 557 cases were reviewed. Annual incidence rates increased from 86.2 cases per 100 000 population to 245.6 per 100 000 population (IRR = 2.9, CI95...
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