The distinction between healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) and community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) infections has become increasingly blurred. We assessed the molecular characterization and antimicrobial resistance profile for MRSA isolates from blood. Most of all (81.9%) isolates are related to known HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA epidemic lineages, such as, USA300, USA400, USA600, USA800 and USA1100. ...

Contact precautions may have an adverse effect on a patient's hospital experience and the delivery of care. This case-control study compared patient satisfaction scores between 70 patients isolated for MRSA and 139 non-isolated patients. Based on an adjusted analysis, there was no difference in patient satisfaction between the two groups. Age and educational status were found to affect patient ...

*Corresponding Author: [email protected] Abstract The aim of the study was to screening for coagulase positive methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthcare workers and prevalence of nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus. We included 84 healthcare workers’ samples (nasal swabs) in the study. Different biochemical tests were done to isolate Staphylococcus aureus...

therapy without antibiotics. Finally, the hypothesis for MRSA being selected by the use of cefquinome in those horses cannot be excluded. In this study, two CCs with no geographical clustering were characterized. Indeed, three MRSA strains belonged to CC130, the most prevalent CC among mecC-positive MRSA in animals, whereas the fourth one belonged to ST49, which was recently described in mecC-p...

UNLABELLED ABSBACKGROUND: Since the detection of MRSA CC398 in pigs in 2004, it has emerged in livestock worldwide. MRSA CC398 has been found in people in contact with livestock and thus has become a public health issue. Data from a large-scale longitudinal study in two Danish and four Dutch pig herds were used to quantify MRSA CC398 transmission rates within pig herds and to identify factors a...

In The Netherlands a new reservoir of MRSA has recently been identified in pigs and veal calves upon which the 'Dutch Working Party on Infection Prevention' modified the national MRSA guidelines. In June 2006 a new group at risk of MRSA carriage was included, consisting of patients that reported direct exposure to living pigs or veal calves. After the implementation of this modification in a tr...

OBJECTIVES The emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has changed the epidemiology of MRSA infections worldwide. In contrast to hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA), CA-MRSA more frequently affects healthy individuals, both with and without recent healthcare exposure. Despite obvious epidemiological differences, it is unknown whether differences in...