Comparison of incidence of bloodstream infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between England and United States, 2006-2007.

Lessa, Fernanda C; Mu, Yi; Davies, John; Murray, Miranda; Lillie, Mark; Pearson, Andrew; Fridkin, Scott K; Emerging Infections Program/Active Bacterial Core surveillance MRSA Investigators and the Health Protection Agency Team · Clin Infect Dis · 2010

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

We compared incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection (BSI) in the United States and England by using population-based surveillance. The incidence of community-onset MRSA BSI was 6.3-fold higher in the United States than in England, whereas the incidence of hospital-onset MRSA BSI was similar between the 2 countries.

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