Epidemiology of Healthcare‐Associated Staphylococcus Aureus Infections

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Burden of disease associated with nosocomial S. aureus infections Healthcare‐associated MRSA Community‐associated MRSA Glycopeptide resistance in S. aureus Risk factors Reservoirs of S. aureus Transmission of S. aureus Epidemiological typing of S. aureus Impact and outcome Is methicillin resistance in S. aureus associated with a worse outcome? Strategies to reduce the risk of healthcare‐associated S. aureus infections Effect of infection control interventions References Introduction Burden of disease associated with nosocomial S. aureus infections Healthcare‐associated MRSA Community‐associated MRSA Glycopeptide resistance in S. aureus Risk factors Reservoirs of S. aureus Transmission of S. aureus Epidemiological typing of S. aureus Impact and outcome Is methicillin resistance in S. aureus associated with a worse outcome? Strategies to reduce the risk of healthcare‐associated S. aureus infections Effect of infection control interventions References