Increasing Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Causing Nosocomial Infections at a University Hospital in Taiwan from 1986 to 2001
Resource
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY v.48 n.4 pp.1361~1364
Journal
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
Journal Volume
v.48
Journal Issue
n.4
Pages
1361-1364
Date Issued
2004
Date
2004
Author(s)
HSUEH, PO-REN
TENG, LEE-JENE
CHEN, WEN- HWEI
PAN, HUI-JU
CHEN, MEI-LING
CHANG, SHAN-CHWEN
LUH, KWEN-TAY
LIN, FANG-YUE
Abstract
A rapid emergence of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection (from 26.3% in 1986 to 77% in 2001) was found. The susceptibility of 200 nonduplicate blood isolates of MRSA and 100 MRSA isolates causing refractory bacteremia to 22 antimicrobial agents disclosed that glycopeptides, quinupristin-dalfopristin, and linezolid remained the most active agents.