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Risk Assessment for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Nosocomial infections pose a significant threat to patients worldwide. A recent paper reported excess mortality of 4% for infections due to medical care and 23% mortality for postoperative septicemia (Zhan and Miller 2003). Antibiotic resistant bacteria cause the majority of these nosocomial infection-related deaths. European surveillance has documented that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and multidrug-resistant gramnegative bacteria are rapidly increasing (Biedenbach et al. 2004).

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

    Evelind Tacconelli

  2. Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Evelind Tacconelli

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Australia

    Ian M Gould

  2. Department of General Internal Medicine & Nijmegen University Centre for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Jos WM van der Meer

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Tacconelli, E. (2008). Risk Assessment for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus . In: Gould, I.M., van der Meer, J.W. (eds) Antibiotic Policies: Fighting Resistance. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70841-6_14

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