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)

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Incidence per 100,000 veterans of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) cause by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA), Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, fiscal years 1999–2008.

Figure 2. Incidence per 100,000 veterans of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) cause by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA), Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, fiscal years 1999–2008.

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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).

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