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Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Finland.
- Source :
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The Journal of hospital infection [J Hosp Infect] 2004 Oct; Vol. 58 (2), pp. 109-14. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Data on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cases notified to the National Infectious Disease Register (NIDR) and antibiotic resistance profiles of MRSA isolates sent to the national reference laboratory between 1997 and 2002 were analysed. In addition, the diagnostic methods used for MRSA identification in Finnish microbiology laboratories, the number of MRSA screening specimens studied, and the MRSA situation in long-term care facilities in 2001 were reviewed. MRSA cases notified to the NIDR rose from 120 in 1997 to 597 in 2002 (from 2.3 to 11.5 cases per 100,000 population). The increase was greatest in elderly people and outside Helsinki metropolitan area, in the districts where the proportion of non-multiresistant strains was most prominent. The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standard's guidelines for the oxacillin disk diffusion test were followed, except for the incubation temperature and time, which may have hindered detection of some MRSA strains. There was a wide geographic variation in the rates of MRSA, but this was not related to screening activity. MRSA isolates from long-term facilities accounted for more than half of the notifications to the NIDR in 2001.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Community-Acquired Infections microbiology
Community-Acquired Infections prevention & control
Female
Finland epidemiology
History, 15th Century
Homes for the Aged statistics & numerical data
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infection Control methods
Laboratories statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing Homes statistics & numerical data
Registries
Staphylococcal Infections microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections prevention & control
Staphylococcus aureus classification
Surveys and Questionnaires
Community-Acquired Infections epidemiology
Health Services for the Aged standards
Methicillin Resistance
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Staphylococcal Infections epidemiology
Staphylococcus aureus isolation & purification
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0195-6701
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of hospital infection
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15474181
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2004.05.019