Volume 11, Number 8—August 2005
Research
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Hawaii, 2000–2002
Fenfang Li*
, Sarah Y. Park†, Tracy L. Ayers†, F. DeWolfe Miller*, Ralph MacFadden†, Michele Nakata†, Myra Ching Lee†, and Paul V. Effler†
, Sarah Y. Park†, Tracy L. Ayers†, F. DeWolfe Miller*, Ralph MacFadden†, Michele Nakata†, Myra Ching Lee†, and Paul V. Effler†Table 1
Distribution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates by patient group and clinical setting in Hawaii
| Year | Patient group | Outpatients |
Inpatients |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. S. aureus | No. (%) MRSA | Contributing to total MRSA (%) | No. S. aureus | No. (%) MRSA | Contributing to total MRSA (%) | ||
| 2000 | Total | 7,633 | 1,557 (20)* | – | 2,330 | 842 (36)* | – |
| Pediatric | 1,593 | 384 (24) | 25 | 216 | 65 (30) | 8 | |
| Adult | 6,040 | 1,173 (19) | 75 | 2,114 | 777 (37) | 92 | |
| 2001 | Total | 7,543 | 1,495 (20)* | – | 2,661 | 997 (37)* | – |
| Pediatric | 1,401 | 302 (22) | 20 | 249 | 53 (21) | 5 | |
| Adult | 6,142 | 1,193 (19) | 80 | 2,412 | 944 (39) | 95 | |
| 2002 | Total | 8,374 | 2,083 (25)* | – | 2,941 | 1,232 (42)* | – |
| Pediatric | 1,577 | 406 (26) | 19 | 250 | 85 (34) | 7 | |
| Adult | 6,797 | 1,677 (25) | 81 | 2,691 | 1,147 (43) | 93 | |
*p<0.001, by chi-square test for trend for outpatient and inpatient settings.
