TABLE 1.

Hospital data and MRSA isolates from the Czech Republic collected during 2000-2002

Hospital codea	City	Hospital type	No. of beds	% MRSA isolates (July 2000-March 2002)	No. of MRSA in this study
Collection 1 (invasive     MRSA isolates)
3	Prague	University-teaching	≥1,000	16.7	9
4	Kladno	General	500-1,000	3.7	2
5	Prague	University-teaching	≥1,000	4.2	1
6	Plzeň	University-teaching	≥1,000	6.1	4
7	Liberec	General	500-1,000	4.3	1
A7	Brandys	General	<500	Not known	1
8	Most	General	≥1,000	6.3	1
13	Tábor	General	<500	5.0	1
15	České Budějovice	General	≥1,000	2.0	2
17	Ostrava	University-teaching	≥1,000	9.2	1
19	Příbram	General	500-1,000	6.7	1
20	Prague	University-teaching	<500	8.5	7
26	Pardubice	General	500-1,000	2.8	1
31	Prague	General	500-1,000	7.4	6
33	Ústí nad Labem	General	≥1,000	18.5	2
34	Brno	University-teaching	≥1,000	7.4	1
35	Prague	General	<500	18.0	1
36	Havličkuv Brod	General	<500	5.0	1
37	Trutnov	General	<500	7.7	1
42	Nový Jičín	General	<500	16.0	1
Collection 2 (noninvasive     MRSA isolates)
16	Prague	University-teaching	≥1,000	6.5	22
20	Prague	University-teaching	<500	8.5	10
42	Nový Jičín	General	<500	16.0	23
Total					100

^aUnderlined hospital codes indicate hospitals that are included in both collections. Collection 1, 45 invasive isolates (from blood samples) collected at 20 hospitals; collection 2, 55 noninvasive isolates collected at three hospitals.