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True Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Javed Akram  and
Aaron E. Glatt
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Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) recently has been reported as an outpatient pathogen. We assessed this and found our institution's frequency quite low. Only 16 patients (4%) had true community-acquired MRSA bacteremia. Ten had no recorded previous hospitalization; twelve (75%) had significant underlying medical problems. Substance abuse and prior outpatient antibiotic use were not identified as major risks for community-acquired MRSA bacteremia.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , February 1998 , pp. 106 - 107
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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