HA-MRSA

Acronym	Definition
HA-MRSA	Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

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In this study, the HA-MRSA isolates were more likely to contain the tetM (91.6% versus 69.9%), tetK (45.8% versus 19.2%) and tetL (11.2% versus 9.6%) genes and less likely to contain tetO (15.0% versus 30.1%) than the HA-MSSA isolates.

Epidemiological and molecular characterization of community and hospital acquired Staphylococcus aureus strains prevailing in Shenyang, Northeastern China

Both CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA are resistant to traditional anti-staphylococcal beta-lactam antibiotics.

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from skin and soft tissue infections (in a sample of Egyptian population): analysis of mec gene and staphylococcal cassette chromosome

Although most USA300 and USA400 isolates are currently resistant to fewer classes of antimicrobial drugs than are HA-MRSA isolates (13), a recent paper by Han et al.

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Iowa, USA

Hospital-acquired MRSA and community-acquired MRSA have sometimes been used synonymously with the terms HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA.

Epidemiology and surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Latin America

Nevertheless, CA-MRSA isolates are increasingly being reported as pathogens in the general population in persons with no risk factors for HA-MRSA acquisition.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA400 clone, Italy

In the USA, HA-MRSA clones are rapidly being replaced by CA-MRSA clones.

The changing pattern of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Latin America: implications for clinical practice in the region

During the 1990s, MRSA emerged as a cause of infection among healthy persons in the community who had none of the above HA-MRSA risk factors (5-10).

Community strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as potential cause of healthcare-associated infections, Uruguay, 2002-2004

Most CA-MRSA remained susceptible to many antimicrobial drugs, but genetic exchange between strains resulting in acquisition of resistance determinants in CA-MRSA or transfer of virulence markers into HA-MRSA are important concerns.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Geneva, Switzerland, 1993-2005

At the moment, the restriction between CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA is beginning to fade.

Methicillin/oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a hospital and public health threat in Brazil

Thirty-seven of the HA-MRSA isolates were considered Danish nosocomial isolates (domestic HA-MRSA), and 5 were from patients transferred from foreign hospitals (imported HA-MRSA).

Rapid increase of genetically diverse methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Copenhagen, Denmark

For all 19 HA-MRSA isolates, seven different clones (>80% similarity) were found (A-G) to be related to CC5 (53%; 10/19) and CC45 (47%; 9/19) and nine spa types were characterized.

Molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from hospital and community environments in northeastern Brazil

Cases were classified as HA-MRSA or other MRSA (Table 1).

Effects of Antibiotic Cycling Policy on Incidence of Healthcare-Associated MRSA and Clostridioides difficile Infection in Secondary Healthcare Settings