Dan M, Moses Y, Poch F, Asherov J, Gutman R
Infectious Disease Unit, E. Wolfson Hospital, Holon, Israel.
Infection. 1992 Nov-Dec;20(6):332-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01710678.
The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the anterior nares and axilla was studied in 920 non-hospitalized subjects: 350 drug addicts, 350 individuals presenting at a hospital emergency room for various reasons, and 220 hospital health care workers. S. aureus was isolated from 105 (11.4%) subjects, in six (6.3%) of whom the isolates were methicillin-resistant. The isolation rate of the organism and the prevalence of resistant strains in the different subgroups were, respectively: drug-addicts, n = 32 (9.1%), n = 2 (6.9%); emergency room patients, n = 36 (10.2%), n = 1 (3.2%); and hospital health care workers, n = 37 (16.8%), n = 3 (8.5%). Our findings suggest that MRSA remains uncommon in the community, while the prevalence of S. aureus carriage (including methicillin-resistant strains) in hospital personnel is quite similar in divergent geographical areas.
对920名非住院受试者的前鼻孔和腋窝耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌（MRSA）的流行情况进行了研究，其中包括350名吸毒者、350名因各种原因前往医院急诊室就诊的个体以及220名医院医护人员。从105名（11.4%）受试者中分离出金黄色葡萄球菌，其中6名（6.3%）的分离株对甲氧西林耐药。不同亚组中该菌的分离率和耐药菌株的流行率分别为：吸毒者，n = 32（9.1%），n = 2（6.9%）；急诊室患者，n = 36（10.2%），n = 1（3.2%）；医院医护人员，n = 37（16.8%），n = 3（8.5%）。我们的研究结果表明，MRSA在社区中仍然不常见，而不同地理区域医院工作人员中金黄色葡萄球菌携带率（包括耐甲氧西林菌株）相当相似。
