Survey of infections due to Staphylococcus species: frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates collected in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and the Western Pacific region for the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1997-1999

D J Diekema; M A Pfaller; F J Schmitz; J Smayevsky; J Bell; R N Jones; M Beach

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Survey of infections due to Staphylococcus species: frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates collected in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and the Western Pacific region for the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1997-1999

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Survey of infections due to Staphylococcus species: frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates collected in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and the Western Pacific region for the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1997-1999

D J Diekema, M A Pfaller, F J Schmitz, J Smayevsky, J Bell, R N Jones and M Beach

Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.32 Suppl 2(10 SUPPL. 2), pp.S114-S132

05/15/2001

DOI: 10.1086/320184

PMID: 11320452

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Abstract

Between January 1997 and December 1999, bloodstream isolates from 15,439 patients infected with Staphylococcus aureus and 6350 patients infected with coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species (CoNS) were referred by SENTRY-participating hospitals in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and the Western Pacific region. S. aureus was found to be the most prevalent cause of bloodstream infection, skin and soft-tissue infection, and pneumonia in almost all geographic areas. A notable increase in methicillin (oxacillin) resistance among community-onset and hospital-acquired S. aureus strains was observed in the US centers. The prevalence of methicillin (oxacillin)-resistant S. aureus varied greatly by region, site of infection, and whether the infection was nosocomial or community onset. Rates of methicillin resistance were extremely high among S. aureus isolates from centers in Hong Kong and Japan. Uniformly high levels of methicillin resistance were observed among CoNS isolates. Given the increasing multidrug resistance among staphylococci and the possible emergence of vancomycin-resistant strains, global strategies are needed to control emergence and spread of multiply resistant staphylococci.

Latin America - epidemiology

Microbial Sensitivity Tests

Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use

Drug Resistance, Microbial

United States - epidemiology

Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy

Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology

Canada - epidemiology

Humans

Far East - epidemiology

Europe - epidemiology

Methicillin Resistance

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Title: Subtitle: Survey of infections due to Staphylococcus species: frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates collected in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and the Western Pacific region for the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1997-1999
Creators: D J Diekema - Medical Microbiology Division, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. daniel-diekema@uiowa.edu
M A Pfaller
F J Schmitz
J Smayevsky
J Bell
R N Jones
M Beach
Contributors: SENTRY Participants Group (Author)
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.32 Suppl 2(10 SUPPL. 2), pp.S114-S132
DOI: 10.1086/320184
PMID: 11320452
NLM abbreviation: Clin Infect Dis
ISSN: 1058-4838
eISSN: 1537-6591
Publisher: United States
Language: English
Date published: 05/15/2001
Academic Unit: Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Pathology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9983986370202771

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