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Regional dissemination and control of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Manitoba Chapter of
L E Nicolle1, B Dyck, G Thompson
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, and St Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Canada.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|April 1, 1999
Abstract:
A methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain introduced into the largest tertiary-care teaching hospital in Manitoba in 1993 led to a sustained outbreak with secondary outbreaks at one community hospital, two large long-term-care facilities, and nosocomial transmission at a second teaching hospital. Control measures were consistent at each institution and were coordinated on a province-wide basis. MRSA is not currently endemic in any facility in the province.