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. 2010 May;54(5):2265-8.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.01717-09. Epub 2010 Mar 15.

Antimicrobial susceptibilities of health care-associated and community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from hospitalized patients in Canada, 1995 to 2008

Andrew E Simor  1 , Lisa Louie, Christine Watt, Denise Gravel, Michael R Mulvey, Jennifer Campbell, Allison McGeer, Elizabeth Bryce, Mark Loeb, Anne Matlow; Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
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Antimicrobial susceptibilities of health care-associated and community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from hospitalized patients in Canada, 1995 to 2008

Andrew E Simor et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 May.

Abstract

We determined the in vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of 7,942 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates obtained from patients hospitalized in 48 Canadian hospitals from 1995 to 2008. Regional variations in susceptibilities were identified. The dissemination of community-associated strains in Canada appears to have contributed to increased susceptibility of MRSA to several non-beta-lactam antimicrobial agents in the past decade. Reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides was not identified.

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