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Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Elderly Hospitalized Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Andrew E. Simor ,
Marianna Ofner-Agostini ,
Shirley Paton ,
Allison McGeer ,
Mark Loeb ,
Elizabeth Bryce  and
Michael Mulvey
Andrew E. Simor*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marianna Ofner-Agostini
Affiliation:
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Shirley Paton
Affiliation:
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Allison McGeer
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mark Loeb
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth Bryce
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Michael Mulvey
Affiliation:
National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
*
Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, B121-2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canadaandrew.simor@sw.ca
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Abstract

We describe characteristics of elderly patients with MRSA identified in 37 Canadian hospitals between 1995 and 2002. Of these inpatients, 6,613 (66%) were older than 65 years. They were more likely than younger patients to have been colonized without infection and to have had MRSA isolated from urine or the perineum. The epidemiology and clinical features of these patients is distinct from that of younger patients.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 26 , Issue 10 , October 2005 , pp. 838 - 841
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2005

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