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. 2010 Jul;23(3):616–687. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00081-09

TABLE 3.

Cities, states, regions, and countries with reports of CA-MRSA infections and/or colonization in 1993 to 2009

Location Reference(s)
Africa
    Algeria 56
    Egypt 264
    Nigeria 317
    Tunisia 57
Asia
    Cambodia 164
    China
        Mainland 1028
        Hong Kong 395, 398
    India 652
    Japan 429, 465, 697, 723, 828, 881
    Kuwait 920
    Malaysia 799
    Saudi Arabia 13, 16, 106, 107
    Singapore 1001
    South Korea 437, 474, 522, 563, 708, 710
    Taiwan 90, 159, 160, 165, 166, 275, 410, 411,
    412, 414, 415, 525, 547, 548, 879,
    880, 915, 934, 971, 972, 974, 975,
    977, 1012
Australia/Oceania
    Australia 178, 184, 185, 296, 337, 338, 340, 352,
    572, 573, 594, 641, 643, 644, 645,
    647, 670, 672, 680, 681, 761, 861,
    919, 921
    New Zealand 8, 354, 605
Europe
    Austria 348
    Belgium 227
    Bulgaria 657
    Denmark 46, 77, 508, 509, 510, 923
    Finland 459, 462, 469, 798, 924
    France 225, 247, 312, 533, 555, 934, 955
    Germany 199, 574, 1005
    Greece 168, 461, 467, 571, 673, 814, 815, 909,
    962
    Ireland 778
    Italy 40, 701, 728, 858, 901, 926, 956
    Latvia 604
    Netherlands 419, 856, 946, 1013, 1016
    Norway 366, 379
    Russia 42, 43
    Spain 208, 579
    Sweden 62, 274, 378, 847, 848
    Switzerland 283, 289, 299, 534, 554, 865
    United Kingdom 257, 262, 381, 439, 556, 693, 694
North America
    Canada 120, 144, 344, 395, 404, 443, 496, 541,
    585, 586, 690, 794, 812, 813, 817,
    832, 885, 960, 1027
    Mexico 938
    United States
        Alaska 36, 37, 125, 218, 504
        Alabama 189, 373, 714
        Arkansas 784
        California
            Loma Linda 426
            Los Angeles 140, 432, 607, 608, 609, 850
            Sacramento 405, 406
            San Diego 137, 193, 195, 589
            San Francisco 153, 235, 303, 481, 543, 703, 744, 788,
    888, 1020
        Colorado 173, 436, 481
        Connecticut 481, 695
        Georgia 306, 385, 475, 481, 820, 821, 1000
        Hawaii 85, 131, 270, 333
        Illinois 19, 215, 216, 300, 301, 383, 403, 422,
    423, 733
        Iowa 846
        Kentucky 446, 811
        Maryland 158, 277, 306, 481
        Michigan 1, 434, 445, 506, 626
        Midwestern rural Native
            American community 349
        Minnesota 104, 180, 481, 653, 654, 893
        Missouri 308, 596, 691, 810
        Nebraska 359
        New England 235, 237, 279, 515, 541, 876
        New York 94, 481, 743, 827, 891
        North Carolina 100, 570, 824
        Ohio 433
        Pennsylvania 353, 476, 527, 690, 911, 1023
        South Dakota 30
        Tennessee 28, 72, 105, 188, 450, 473, 481, 655,
    688, 883
        Texas 12, 156, 175, 248, 261, 284, 293, 421,
    442, 460, 499, 630, 739, 740, 791,
    841, 842, 855, 898, 993
        Virginia 1545, 863
        Washington and Oregon 123, 223, 481
        West Virginia 356
        Wisconsin 833
South America
    Argentina 310, 852, 903
    Brazil 292, 656, 757, 758, 813, 960
    Chile 675
    Colombia 17, 26
    Uruguay 58, 564