A descriptive survey of uncontrolled methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a twin site general hospital

Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 64 Số 754 - Trang 606-609 - 1988
Stephen Barrett1, O N Gill2, J. Mellor3, Joy Bryant1
1Department of Microbiology , 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 , UK
2Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre , 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 , UK
3Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Southend Hospital, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex , 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 , UK

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Summary Over a five year period beginning in 1981, during which control measures were applied intermittently, the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates increased steadily within a twin site general hospital. A retrospective chart review of 154 patients identified in 1984-1985 showed that the MRSA ‘definitely’ contributed to three deaths (2%) and ‘probably’ contributed to a further 15 (10%). The prolonged median duration of hospital admission (22 days) before first isolation of MRSA, together with the clustering of cases in time on certain wards, suggested that most, if not all, affected patients acquired the MRSA in hospital. As the virulence of MRSA in our outbreak appeared the same as that reported from teaching hospitals, MRSA control measures need to be comprehensively applied in general hospitals.

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Postgraduate Medical Journal

Tập 64 Số 754

606-609

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