Comment on

• An outbreak of community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections in southwestern Alaska.

  Baggett HC, Hennessy TW, Leman R, Hamlin C, Bruden D, Reasonover A, Martinez P, Butler JC. Baggett HC, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Jun;24(6):397-402. doi: 10.1086/502221. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003. PMID: 12828314
• Antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus aureus at the University of Chicago Hospitals: a 15-year longitudinal assessment in a large university-based hospital.

  Seal JB, Moreira B, Bethel CD, Daum RS. Seal JB, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Jun;24(6):403-8. doi: 10.1086/502222. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003. PMID: 12828315
• Prevalence of and risk factors for colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the time of hospital admission.

  Jernigan JA, Pullen AL, Flowers L, Bell M, Jarvis WR. Jernigan JA, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Jun;24(6):409-14. doi: 10.1086/502230. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003. PMID: 12828316
• Nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a blinded study to establish baseline acquisition rates.

  Fishbain JT, Lee JC, Nguyen HD, Mikita JA, Mikita CP, Uyehara CF, Hospenthal DR. Fishbain JT, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Jun;24(6):415-21. doi: 10.1086/502224. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003. PMID: 12828317
• Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an emerging pathogen.

  Saïd-Salim B, Mathema B, Kreiswirth BN. Saïd-Salim B, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Jun;24(6):451-5. doi: 10.1086/502231. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003. PMID: 12828324 Review.