TABLE 1.
MRSA isolates from six hospitals of Córdoba, Argentina, from May to July 1999
| Hospital | Specialty | Type | No. of beds | No. of specimens/patients positive for:
|
% of specimens/patients positive for MRSA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. aureus | MRSA | |||||
| H1 | Community/university | Public | 270 | 57/55 | 20/18 | 35/33 |
| H2 | Community/university | Public | 180 | 26/23 | 11/8 | 42/35 |
| H3 | Community/university | Private | 160 | 27/27 | 12/12 | 44/44 |
| H4 | Community/university | Private | 179 | 26/22 | 12/8 | 54/36 |
| H5 | Community/university | Public military | 100 | 8/8 | 4/4 | 50/50 |
| H6 | Community | Private | 66 | 8/8 | 3/3 | 38/38 |
| Total | 955 | 152/143 | 62/53 | 41/37 | ||