Volume 18, Number 6—June 2012
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Trends in Invasive Infection with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Connecticut, USA, 2001–2010
James L. Hadler
, Susan Petit, Mona Mandour, and Matthew L. Cartter
, Susan Petit, Mona Mandour, and Matthew L. Cartter
Table 2
Cases and incidence rates of hospital-onset MRSA infection by volume of hospital, at 29 acute care hospitals, Connecticut, USA, 2001–2010*
| Hospital volume† | No. cases‡ | Annual average incidence rate (range)§ |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,563 | 13.6 (8.9–18.1) |
| High | 1,494 | 15.5 (10.1–23.3) |
| Medium | 797 | 12.1 (6.7–17.1) |
| Low | 272 | 10.1 (5.9–15.3) |
*MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
†High, >80,000 patient bed-days/year; medium, 40,000–79,999 patient bed-days/year; low, <40,000 patient bed-days/year.
‡Number of cases is <2,753 because data were excluded from 3 (N = 32) hospitals that either did not report MRSA and/or the number of patient bed-days for some years.
§Annual average number of cases per 100,000 patient bed-days.
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