Nosocomial transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Danish Hospitals | Zendy

David J. Hetem | Zendy; Henrik Westh | Zendy; K. Boye | Zendy; J. O. Jarløv | Zendy; Marc J. M. Bonten | Zendy; Martin Bootsma | Zendy

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Nosocomial transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Danish Hospitals

Author(s) -

David J. Hetem,

Henrik Westh,

K. Boye,

J. O. Jarløv,

Marc J. M. Bonten,

Martin Bootsma

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dks125

Subject(s) - medicine , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , outbreak , epidemiology , staphylococcus aureus , transmission (telecommunications) , staphylococcal infections , meticillin , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , biology , engineering , bacteria , electrical engineering , genetics

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 nosocomial transmissibility exist. We have, therefore, quantified the transmissibility, expressed by the single admission reproduction number (R(A)), of CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA in hospital settings in Denmark.

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