Abstract
Introduction Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the most common multidrug-resistant pathogen causing nosocomial infections in Europe [1]. Clinical manifestations of nosocomial infections caused by MRSA include urinary tract infection, lower respiratory tract infection (including pneumonia), gastrointestinal infection and skin infection. It has been estimated that there are approximately 170000 MRSA infections
Highlights
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the most common multidrug-resistant pathogen causing nosocomial infections in Europe [1]
The incidence of MRSA infection ranged from 3.03/100000 (2000, 2007, 2008) to 30.30/100000 habitants (2005)
Following the opening of the hospital there was a progressive increase in MRSA infections with a peak in 2005
Summary
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the most common multidrug-resistant pathogen causing nosocomial infections in Europe [1]. It has been estimated that there are approximately 170000 MRSA infections in European Healthcare systems each year with more than 5000 related deaths and costs of € 380,000,000 per year [1] This fact is associated with significant morbidity, increase in mortality rates, longer hospital stays, and higher medical costs [2,3,4]. In this sense, outbreaks of MRSA infections have been described not in hospitals but in long term care facilities such as rehabilitation centres, nursing homes, military barracks, or correctional facilities. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a very important multidrug-resistant pathogen with increase morbidity, mortality and related medical costs. Our objective is to study the incidence of MRSA infection in a community hospital, the prevalence of MRSA carriers in a nursing home and the impact of a program to control MRSA carriers at the nursing home on MRSA related hospital admissions
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