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. 2010 Feb;16(2):189–196. doi: 10.3201/eid1602.081655

Table 3. Imported cases of MRSA acquisition and disease among children adopted from other countries, Sweden, 2000–2003*.

Country No. adoptions No. with MRSA acquisition 
(no. with MRSA disease) Risk/1,000 adoptions (95% CI)
The Philippines 27 2 (0) 74.1 (9.1–242.8)
South Korea 467 14 (0) 30.0 (16.5–49.8)
Bulgaria 91 2 (1) 22.0 (2.7–77.1)
Belarus 174 3 (1) 17.2 (3.6–49.6)
Russia 263 4 (0) 15.2 (4.2–38.5)
Ethiopia 71 1 (1) 14.1 (0.4–76.0)
Ukraine 74 1 (0) 13.5 (0.3–73.0)
People’s Republic of China 1,074 7 (3) 6.5 (2.6–13.4)
Colombia 460 3 (0) 6.5 (1.3–18.9)
South Africa 154 1 (0) 6.5 (0.16–35.6)
India 243 1 (0) 4.1 (0.1–22.7)
Vietnam 328 1 (0) 3.0 (0.1–16.8)
Other countries
743
0

Total 4,169 40 (6) 9.6 (6.9–13.0)

*MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; CI, confidence interval.