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Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in three Canadian tertiary-care centers.

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OBJECTIVE:To describe the epidemiology and spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in three tertiary-care centers in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where MRSA is encountered infrequently. DESIGN:Retrospective review over a 6-year period, from January 1, 1990, through December 31, 1995. SETTING:Three tertiary-care teaching hospitals in Ottawa. PARTICIPANTS:Patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) with MRSA isolated from any body site. METHODS:Patients and HCWs were identified retrospectively through hospital microbiology and infection control records. Patient charts were reviewed for clinical and epidemiological data, including age, gender, previous hospital admissions (where noted), and current and recent antibiotic use. MRSA isolates that were available were typed using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Methicillin resistance was confirmed by standard methods and by polymerase chain reaction using mecA-specific primers. RESULTS:MRSA was identified in 53 patients and 2 HCWs. Three patients were excluded from further analysis because medical records were incomplete. Epidemiological data were collected on the remaining 52 individuals. Thirty-nine isolates from 31 patients and 2 HCWs were available for PFGE typing. Five epidemiologically linked nosocomial clusters involving 10 patients and 2 HCWs were identified and were confirmed by PFGE. MRSA isolates from a sixth cluster were not available for PFGE. In each cluster, nosocomial spread was minimized by standard infection control practices, including strict isolation of patients and screening of contacts. There was no evidence of secondary spread of MRSA involving the remaining 36 patients. Recent antibiotic use, surgery, admission to an intensive-care unit, and previous hospitalization were common among patients. There was no evidence of spread of MRSA among the three hospitals, and no endemic strains were apparent in any of these centers. CONCLUSIONS:MRSA remains an infrequent isolate in our centers, with no apparent interhospital spread. In institutions with little or no endemic MRSA, rigorous application of standard infection control practices is effective in limiting nosocomial transmission of this organism.

journal_name

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

journal_title

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors

Suh K,Toye B,Jessamine P,Chan F,Ramotar K

doi

10.1086/647838

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-06-01 00:00:00

pages

395-400

issue

eissn

0899-823X

issn

1559-6834

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Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in three Canadian tertiary-care centers.