Open AccessPhenotypic Prediction Rule for Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Author(s) -
Kyle J. Popovich,
Bala Hota,
Thomas W. Rice,
Alla Aroutcheva,
Robert A. Weinstein
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00044-07
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , genotype , phenotype , microbiology and biotechnology , antimicrobial , staphylococcal infections , micrococcaceae , biology , medicine , genetics , bacteria , gene
Recent studies have suggested that community-associated methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are encroaching upon nosocomial settings. We assessed the performance characteristics of a rule using the antimicrobial phenotype to predict genotype. This rule could be applied for epidemiologic purposes to describe the trend in CA-MRSA infections over time.