Hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Status and trends

摘要

Hospital-acquired/health care-associated infection (HAl) is of tremendous concern to health care providers as HAI is ranked as one of the top 5 causes of death in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 1 in 20 hospitalized patients will contract an HAL The World Health Organization estimates; on average, 8.7% of hospitalized patients worldwide have H AIs at any one time, with the highest frequencies being reported in the Eastern Mediterranean and Southeast Asia regions (11.8% and 10.0%, respectively). In the United States, HAIs are contracted by an estimated 1.7 million patients annually, accounting for nearly 99 000 deaths4 and imposing additional health care costs of dollar35.7 to dollar45 billion.