Volume 11, Number 3—March 2005
Dispatch
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Table
Incidence rates of non–multidrug-resistant (MDR) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and S. aureus infections: preoutbreak versus outbreak periods*
Infection | No. infected patients per 1,000 hospitalized patients | p value |
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Non-MDR MRSA, preoutbreak period | 1.4 | <0.0001 |
Non-MDR MRSA, outbreak period | 18.5 | |
All S. aureus, preoutbreak period | 15.2 | 0.031 |
All S. aureus, outbreak period | 27.7 | |
Other S. aureus (methicillin-susceptible and MDR MRSA), preoutbreak period | 13.8 | 0.38 |
Other S. aureus (methicillin-susceptible and MDR MRSA), outbreak period | 9.2 |
*Preoutbreak period, January 2000–September 2002; outbreak period, October 2002–December 2003.