Table 1. Epidemiological description of MRSA cases, 01/2012–02/2014 (ICU = intensive care unit; SW = standard ward; ETA = endotracheal aspirate; HC = historical case; Imp-C = imported case; HAC = hospital acquired case; UNK = unknown; CV = central venous catheter).

Case	Date of first detection	Place of first detection	Specimen	Identification procedure	Classification
1	20120201	ICU	Skin	MRSA Screening	HC
2	20120301	SW	Sputum/ETA	Clinical	Imp-C
3	20120314	SW	Wound	Clinical	HAC
4	20120319	ICU	Skin	MRSA Screening	HAC
5	20120322	SW	Wound	Clinical	Imp-C
6	20120406	ICU	Urogenital	Surveillance culture/clinical	HAC
7	20120508	SW	Sputum/ETA	Clinical	HAC
8	20120522	SW	Skin	MRSA Screening	HC
9	20120528	ICU	Sputum/ETA	Surveillance culture/clinical	HAC
10	20120528	ICU	Skin	MRSA Screening	Imp-C
11	20120525	OTHER	Blood	Clinical	Imp-C
12	20110114	SW	Sputum/ETA	Clinical	Imp-C
13	20120625	ICU	Nose	MRSA Screening	Imp-C
14	20121208	SW	Sputum/ETA	Clinical	Imp-C
15	20130415	ICU	Sputum/ETA	Surveillance culture/clinical	HC
16	20130610	SW	Skin	MRSA Screening	HC
17	20130723	ICU	Wound	Clinical	UNK
18	20130724	ICU	Wound	Clinical	HAC
19	20130725	OTHER	Nose	MRSA Screening	UNK
20	20130926	ICU	Wound	Clinical	HAC
21	20131003	ICU	Skin	MRSA Screening	HAC
22	20131106	ICU	Catheter (CV)	Surveillance culture/clinical	HAC
23	20131125	SW	Throat	MRSA Screening	Imp-C
24	20131218	OTHER	Nose	MRSA Screening	UNK
25	20140120	ICU	Sputum/ETA	Surveillance culture/clinical	HAC
26	20140130	ICU	Wound	Clinical	HAC
27	20140203	ICU	Nose	MRSA Screening	HAC
28	20140203	ICU	Nose	MRSA Screening	HAC
29	20140203	ICU	Nose	MRSA Screening	HAC
30	20140203	ICU	Blood	Clinical	HAC
31	20140208	SW	Nose	MRSA Screening	HAC