Open AccessUSA300 Genotype Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a Cause of Surgical Site Infections
Author(s) -
Mukesh Patel,
Ritu Kumar,
Alan M. Stamm,
Craig Hoesley,
Stephen A. Moser,
Ken B. Waites
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.00902-07
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , genotype , staphylococcal infections , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , meticillin , retrospective cohort study , micrococcaceae , biology , antibiotics , antibacterial agent , bacteria , gene , genetics
Community-associated methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) strains are increasingly recovered from nosocomial settings. We conducted a retrospective study of surgical site infections (SSI) during 2004 and 2005 to determine the prevalence of CA-MRSA; 57% of MRSA strains tested belonged to the USA300 genotype. CA-MRSA has become a prominent cause of SSI at our institution.