Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Staphylococcus aureus Infections in US Veterans, Maryland, USA, 1999–2008¹

LaRee A. Tracy

, Jon P. Furuno, Anthony D. Harris, Mary Singer, Patricia Langenberg, and Mary-Claire Roghmann

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (L.A. Tracy, J.P. Furuno, A.D. Harris, P. Langenberg, M.-C. Roghmann); Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore (M.-C. Roghmann); US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA (M. Singer)

Main Article

Figure 1

Incidence per 100,000 veterans of Staphylococcus aureus infections by invasive and noninvasive (A), methicillin susceptibility (B), and onset (C), Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, fiscal years 1999–2008. Solid line represents all S. aureus infections. MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus; CO, community onset; HO, hospital onset.

Figure 1. Incidence per 100,000 veterans of Staphylococcus aureus infections by invasive and noninvasive (A), methicillin susceptibility (B), and onset (C), Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, fiscal years 1999–2008. Solid line represents all S. aureus infections. MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus; CO, community onset; HO, hospital onset.

Main Article

¹This study was presented in part at the 49th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy; 2009 Sep 11–15; San Francisco, California, USA (abstracts 1217 and 3136).

Top of Page

The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.