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Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusin Europe, 1999–2002
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 9, Pp 1627-1634 (2004), Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10(9), 1627-1634. CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2004.
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Abstract
- European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System shows large variations in methicillin-resistant S. aureus.<br />We explored the variation in proportions of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) between and within countries participating in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System and temporal trends in its occurrence. This system collects routine antimicrobial susceptibility tests for S. aureus. We examined data collected from January 1999 through December 2002 (50,759 isolates from 495 hospitals in 26 countries). MRSA prevalence varied almost 100-fold, from 40% in southern and western Europe. MRSA proportions significantly increased in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, and decreased in Slovenia. Within countries, MRSA proportions varied between hospitals with highest variance in countries with a prevalence of 5% to 20%. The observed trends should stimulate initiatives to control MRSA at national, regional, and hospital levels. The large differences between hospitals indicate that efforts may be most effective at regional and hospital levels.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Staphylococcus aureus
Veterinary medicine
ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTS
medicine.medical_specialty
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Epidemiology
International Cooperation
ENGLAND
lcsh:Medicine
MRSA
SUSCEPTIBILITY
Staphylococcal infections
medicine.disease_cause
Methicillin resistance
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
WALES
Antibiotic resistance
Environmental health
SURVEILLANCE
Prevalence
Humans
Medicine
lcsh:RC109-216
Methicillin-resistant
Europe
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
business.industry
Research
lcsh:R
biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition
Staphylococcal Infections
bacterial infections and mycoses
medicine.disease
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
COMMUNITY
Infectious Diseases
HOSPITALS
Population Surveillance
Western europe
Europe, drug resistance, microbial, methicillin resistance, epidemiology, research
Methicillin Resistance
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10806059 and 10806040
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d19ff4c0738557428004bde763d723a7