Healthcare-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Data & Statistics for MRSA
MRSA Surveillance
- Invasive MRSA Infections in the United States JAMA 2007
PDF (206KB/9 pages) - S. aureus and MRSA Survellance Summary 2007
- ABCs -Active Bacterial Core Surveillance MRSA Reports
- Other ABCs Surveillance Reports
- Enhanced Detection of Staphylococcus aureus-related Hospitalizations Using Administrative Databases, United States-1999-2005
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Surveillance Systems
- NHSN-National Healthcare Safety Network (2005-present)
Monitors healthcare-associated infections including those caused by MRSA. - ABCs- Active Bacterial Core surveillance of the Emerging Infections Programs
In 2001-02 surveillance was conducted in three sites to determine the incidence of CA-MRSA and define the epidemiology of MRSA in the community including determining populations at-risk, clinical disease spectrum and outcomes. From 2004-present, invasive MRSA infections are monitored in nine sites across the United States currently participate in the ABC's MRSA surveillance, representing a population of about 16.3 million persons. - NNIS - National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (1970's-2005)
Publications and information about NNIS and reports from the NNIS System
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