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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2001, p. 1669-1671, Vol. 39, No. 4
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1669-1671.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Low Prevalence of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Adults at a University Hospital in the Central United States

Nila Suntharam,1 Donna Hacek,2,3 and Lance R. Peterson1,2,3,4,*

Northwestern Prevention EpiCenter2 and Clinical Microbiology Division,3 Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Infectious Disease Division1 and Department of Pathology,4 Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611

Received 18 September 2000/Returned for modification 12 December 2000/Accepted 29 January 2001

Community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) is potentially a new emerging pathogen with most strains susceptible to many antimicrobials except for beta -lactam antibiotics. We retrospectively reviewed MRSA isolates during a 20-month study period (January 1998 through August 1999) and investigated those that were clindamycin susceptible. Patients were not considered to harbor CA-MRSA if they had been admitted to a hospital within the preceding 2 years or if their isolate had been obtained more than 72 h after admission. There were 2,817 S. aureus isolates, with 1,071 (38%) being MRSA. Of these 1,071 isolates, 161 were clindamycin susceptible; these were recovered from 81 patients. Of these 81 patients, 20 appeared to have community-acquired strains, but only 2 could be confirmed as having CA-MRSA.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Northwestern Prevention EpiCenter, Galter Carriage House, Room 701, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 251 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Phone: (312) 926-2885. Fax: (312) 926-4139. E-mail: lancer{at}northwestern.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2001, p. 1669-1671, Vol. 39, No. 4
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1669-1671.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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