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Subcutaneous Infection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Published on: February 9, 2011
Has the publication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) treatment guidelines increased the survival
1Department of Microbiology, Portsmouth Hospitals, Portsmouth, UK. richard@brindle.com
Objectives:
To establish whether local practice review and national methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) treatment guidelines have increased the survival of patients with MRSA bacteraemia.
Methods:
A multisite retrospective analysis of survival of patients with MRSA bacteraemia, which included patients from March 1995 to December 2008. Periods before and after the publication of UK guidelines were compared.
Results:
Data were analysed for 1675 patients with a mean age of 69.8 years. Survival for the period up to and including 2003 was 64.3%, and was 62.8% for both 2004-2005 and 2006-2008.
Conclusions:
No significant difference in survival in relation to local practice review or the publication of national guidelines was detected.
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