HA-MRSA

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

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HA-MRSA isolates from both children and adults were more often MDR, but the rates did not differ substantially (76% vs.

Contrasting pediatric and adult methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Fifty-three (88%) of 60 invasive disease isolates and 501 (95%) of 525 SSTI isolates had PFGE subtypes that could be categorized into PFTs that have been associated with HA-MRSA disease (USA100, USA200, USA500-800) or CA-MRSA (USA300 and USA400) (30).

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Minnesota, 2000-2003

Of the remaining 724 MRSA cases, 405 (56%) were HA-MRSA infection and 44% were CA-MRSA infection.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in rural communities, Western United States

Using PFGE to compare CA-MRSA isolates with representative HA-MRSA isolates from both France (24 isolates) and the United States (33 isolates), we found that the last isolates grouped into lineages that clearly differed from any of the CA-MRSA isolates of the same continent (not shown).

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes: worldwide emergence. (Research)

2, the NYU Langone team found that the presence or absence of dueling toxins, or bacterial poisons, appears to explain the major difference between HA-MRSA, and its less virulent and more common, community based-based cousin, CA-MRSA, the two main types of MRSA infection.

Study Points To A Possible New Pathway Toward A Vaccine Against MRSA

Considering the 95% confidence interval overlap, no significant differences occurred between the mean 6 values for the HA-MRSA (S2), S.

Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci species isolated from computer keyboards located in secondary and postsecondary schools

As HA-MRSA enters the community and CA-MRSA emerges in health-care facilities, distinguishing these two strains is becoming increasingly difficult (McCarthy et al.

Antibiotic resistance: a global, interdisciplinary concern

7) Distinguishing between CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA is not always straightforward, since colonization might have been present over a period of time, thus obscuring the source.

MRSA otorrhea: a case series and review of the literature

During the period from 1997 to 2003, the predominant isolate was the HA-MRSA clonal group USA100, an MDR strain (i.

Outbreak: the changing epidemiology of HAIs and CAIs

The only HA-MRSA bloodstream infection was caused by a USA300-related strain.

Community-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in pediatric intensive care unit

CA-MRSA, along with HA-MRSA, has emerged as a growing world-wide problem in the past decade(s).

Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus: carriage rates and characterization of students in a Texas University

Genetic analysis using techniques such as pulse field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), and antibiograms demonstrate that CA-MRSA isolates are distinct strains emerging de novo from CA-methicillin-susceptible isolates rather than from HA-MRSA isolates eminating from hospital settings (Mongkolrattanothai et al, 2003).

Emerging community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus pneumonia