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Descriptive Analysis of Patients With Community-Onset and Hospital-Onset Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rosa V. Rosario-Rosado ,
Antonio A. René  and
Bobby Jones
Rosa V. Rosario-Rosado*
Affiliation:
Disease Prevention and Control Program, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
Antonio A. René
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
Bobby Jones
Affiliation:
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas Division of Epidemiology and Health Information, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Fort Worth, Texas
*
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UNTHSC, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX76107-2699
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Abstract

Three hundred sixty-seven hospital- and community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections diagnosed in a Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex community hospital are described. Differences in age, gender, ethnicity, and susceptibility to four antibiotics between the two groups of patients are explored.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , February 2004 , pp. 171 - 173
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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