Treatment-resistant bacteria appears across U.S.
Methicillin-resistant Staph. aureus can be acquired in community; national survey shows highest infection rates in Baltimore
Throughout these test sites, laboratories and hospitals were kept in close contact in order to record any new cases of MRSA infections. Special attention was given to confirm residency status, presence of infection, demographic characteristics and medical history of the patients.
Throughout this study, many infections arose among hospital and healthcare personnel as well. These cases were classified into two different categories: those acquired in the community in which those healthcare professionals lived, and those acquired in the hospital or healthcare facility workplace.
Overall, there were 8,987 recorded MRSA infection cases reported from July 2004 through December 2006. Specifically, there were 5,250 community-caused infections, 2,389 hospital environment-caused infections, and 1,234 community-associated infections. The remaining 114 cases were not classified.
Baltimore City had, by far, the greatest rate of MRSA infections of any of the nine communities studied. The incidence of infections was 116.7 per 100,000 population in Baltimore, while the next highest community, Davidson County, Tenn., had a rate of 53.0 per 100,000.
Baltimore had the highest rates of all three types of infections: community-associated, community-onset and hospital-onset.
Healthcare associates were at a greater risk of infection than were community members. Blacks were more likely to become infected than caucasians, and women and men over the age of 65 were more at risk than younger individuals. The overall national mortality rate was 6.3 deaths per 100,000 in the total population.
In addition to tabulating data on the presence of MRSA infections among various communities in America, the researchers of this study were also able to deduce risk factors for MRSA among health care-associated and community-onset infections. The most common health care risk factors were a history of hospitalization, history of surgery, long-term care residence (like in a nursing home) and prior MRSA infection.
Throughout this study, many infections arose among hospital and healthcare personnel as well. These cases were classified into two different categories: those acquired in the community in which those healthcare professionals lived, and those acquired in the hospital or healthcare facility workplace.
Overall, there were 8,987 recorded MRSA infection cases reported from July 2004 through December 2006. Specifically, there were 5,250 community-caused infections, 2,389 hospital environment-caused infections, and 1,234 community-associated infections. The remaining 114 cases were not classified.
Baltimore City had, by far, the greatest rate of MRSA infections of any of the nine communities studied. The incidence of infections was 116.7 per 100,000 population in Baltimore, while the next highest community, Davidson County, Tenn., had a rate of 53.0 per 100,000.
Baltimore had the highest rates of all three types of infections: community-associated, community-onset and hospital-onset.
Healthcare associates were at a greater risk of infection than were community members. Blacks were more likely to become infected than caucasians, and women and men over the age of 65 were more at risk than younger individuals. The overall national mortality rate was 6.3 deaths per 100,000 in the total population.
In addition to tabulating data on the presence of MRSA infections among various communities in America, the researchers of this study were also able to deduce risk factors for MRSA among health care-associated and community-onset infections. The most common health care risk factors were a history of hospitalization, history of surgery, long-term care residence (like in a nursing home) and prior MRSA infection.
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Bob Mc
posted 11/04/07 @ 1:47 AM EST
MRSA is less then 1% in the Neatherlands where "search and destroy" treatments are used against both patients AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
"Intensive screening of all contacts (patients and healthcare workers) and isolation and treatment of all carriers eventually led to a decrease of the national numbers of type 16" (MRSA). (Continued…)
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