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The Decrease in Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections and Savings From Glycopeptide Use

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Diler Coşkun  and
Jale Aytaç
Diler Coşkun*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Istanbul Science University, Caglayan, Istanbul, Turkey
Jale Aytaç
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Caglayan, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Sedef cad. Ata 2-2 Blok, D: 83, Atasehir-Kadikoy, 34 758 Istanbul, Turkey, (dilercoskun@yahoo.com)
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We evaluated changes in the rate of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and healthcare-associated S. aureus infections after implementation of infection control precautions and the effect of this on glycopeptide use and expenditures for glycopeptides in a private medical center in Turkey in the years 2000-2005. A striking decrease was obtained in the number of MRSA infections, and the expenditure for glycopeptide use also decreased

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 10 , October 2006 , pp. 1131 - 1132
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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