Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) emerged in 1960 and over the following 40 years was a problem confined largely to the healthcare setting. In the late 1990s the first US reports of so-called community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) infections appeared. CA-MRSA infections were defined as MRSA infections occurring in patients who had no identifiable predisposing risk factors, such as ...

UNLABELLED Pressure ulcers (PU) are a major reservoir of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitals. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of MRSA colonization in PU of hospitalized patients with Stage II or higher PU, to identify risk factors for colonization of these wounds, and to ascertain whether MRSA colonization of PU increases the risk of MRSA...

Background. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has created significant epidemiological, infection-control, and therapeutic management challenges during the past three decades. Aim. To analyze the pattern of resistance of healthcare- and community-associated MRSA in Egypt and the trend of resistance of HA-MRSA over time (2005-2013). Methods. MRSA isolates were recovered from heal...

Nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is believed to precede disease. It is therefore reasonable to expect that testing for nasal MRSA colonization could provide guidance in the choice of empirical therapy for infections. We conducted a retrospective review of 5,779 nasal MRSA tests performed within a 24-h period before or after a clinical culture showed the...

This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of MRSA colonisation in Trauma and Orthopaedics. Risk factors, decolonisation, and subsequent infection rates were investigated. Cost-analysis of the MRSA screening program was performed. The validity and effectiveness of the MRSA screening program was reviewed. A prospective analysis was made of all orthopaedic admissions in East Lancashire Hospital...

conclusions the average value of the vancomycin mic for isolates from mrsa colonized patients was 2 µg/ml. trimethoprim /sulfamethoxazole was the second most effective anti-mrsa oral antibiotic in vitro. patients and methods from november 2009 to march 2011, a prospective study was performed in two emergency departments. patients at high risk for mrsa colonization were identified, and mrsa surv...

Background: Policies to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, both healthcare-acquired (HA-MRSA) and livestock-associated (LA-MRSA) are implemented Europe-wide, but evaluations are difficult for countries yet to implement such policies. A descriptive study was conducted, describing multinational MRSA rates and policy implementation, focusing on MRSA mandatory sur...

BACKGROUND Surgical site infections (SSIs) after colorectal surgery usually are caused by commensal intestinal bacteria. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may be responsible for additional SSI-related morbidity. The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to describe the epidemiology of SSIs caused by MRSA after colorectal surgery in two tertiary-care centers, one in Geneva,...

The probe-based Velogene Rapid MRSA Identification Assay (ID Biomedical Corp., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) and the latex agglutination MRSA-Screen (Denka Seiken Co., Tokyo, Japan) were evaluated for their ability to identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and to distinguish strains of MRSA from borderline oxacillin-resistant S. aureus (BORSA; mecA-negative, oxacilli...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a worldwide problem in both hospitals and communities all over the world. In 2003, a new MRSA clade emerged with a reservoir in pigs and veal calves: livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA). We wanted to estimate the incidence of bacteraemias due to LA-MRSA using national surveillance data from 2009 in the Netherlands. We found a low incidence o...