Antibiogram of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates From MRSA Colonized Patients in Two Tertiary Hospital Emergency Departments

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruaki Wakatake ◽  
Shigeki Fujitani ◽  
Yuka Kitano ◽  
Alan T. Lefor ◽  
Yasuhiko Taira
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Hospital Emergency ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Hospital Emergency Departments

A Cluster of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Hospital Security Guards

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Patrozou ◽  
Kim Reid ◽  
Julie Jefferson ◽  
Leonard A. Mermel
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Hospital Emergency Department ◽  
Soft Tissue Infections ◽  
Hospital Emergency ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Security Guards

We investigated a cluster of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft-tissue infections in 5 security guards employed in a hospital emergency department. An epidemiologic investigation and molecular subtyping of isolates revealed that the source was a patient and that a community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus strain (USA-300) was transmitted to healthcare workers through physical contact.

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