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. 1988 Sep 3;74(5):223-4.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Tygerberg Hospital

E F Peddie  1 , P R Donald, P J Burger, C A Sadler
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  • PMID: 3413610

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Tygerberg Hospital

E F Peddie et al. S Afr Med J. .

Abstract

During 1985 Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from blood cultures of 74 patients at Tygerberg Hospital who were suffering from serious illness compatible with systemic spread of the organism. Twenty-six isolates (35%) were community-acquired and none were methicillin-resistant, while 48 were hospital-acquired of which 23 (48%) were methicillin-resistant. Methicillin resistance appears to be a problem confined to hospital isolates of S. aureus.

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