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The decrease in healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections and savings from glycopeptide use.

Coskun D, Aytac J

Department of Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Istanbul Science University, Istanbul, Turkey. dilercoskun@yahoo.com

We evaluated changes in the rate of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and healthcare-associated S. aureus infections after implementation of infection control precautions and the effect of this on glycopeptide use and expenditures for glycopeptides in a private medical center in Turkey in the years 2000-2005. A striking decrease was obtained in the number of MRSA infections, and the expenditure for glycopeptide use also decreased.

Published 28 September 2006 in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1131-2.
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