Comment on

• High prevalence of carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission in elderly patients: implications for infection control strategies.

  Lucet JC, Grenet K, Armand-Lefevre L, Harnal M, Bouvet E, Regnier B, Andremont A. Lucet JC, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;26(2):121-6. doi: 10.1086/502514. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005. PMID: 15756880
• Trends in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections: effect of the MRSA "search and isolate" strategy in a hospital in Italy with hyperendemic MRSA.

  Pan A, Carnevale G, Catenazzi P, Colombini P, Crema L, Dolcetti L, Ferrari L, Mondello P, Signorini L, Tinelli C, Quiros Roldan E, Carosi G. Pan A, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;26(2):127-33. doi: 10.1086/502515. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005. PMID: 15756881
• Nosocomial acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome.

  Poutanen SM, Vearncombe M, McGeer AJ, Gardam M, Large G, Simor AE. Poutanen SM, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;26(2):134-7. doi: 10.1086/502516. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005. PMID: 15756882
• Management of inpatients colonized or infected with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in hospitals in the United States.

  Sunenshine RH, Liedtke LA, Fridkin SK, Strausbaugh LJ; Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections Network. Sunenshine RH, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;26(2):138-43. doi: 10.1086/502517. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005. PMID: 15756883
• Spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST80-IV clone in a Danish community.

  Urth T, Juul G, Skov R, Schønheyder HC. Urth T, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;26(2):144-9. doi: 10.1086/502518. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005. PMID: 15756884