Table 4.

Rates of meticillin resistance amongst Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) in China.

Location	Rate (%)		Study date	Reference
	S. aureus	CoNS
14 hospitals across China (CHINET 2009)	52.7	71.7	2009	[62]
Shanghai hospitals, China	62.3	77.0	2008	[116]
12 hospitals across China (CHINET 2008)	55.9	75.9	2008	[70]
A children's hospital in Beijing, China	10.6	86.2	2003–2008	[118
A hospital ICU in Wuhan, China	84.0	90.0	2007	[119]
12 hospitals across China (CHINET 2007)	58.0	77.0	2007	[77]
Shanghai hospitals, China	61.1	75.9	2007	[100]
Shanghai hospitals, China	64.6	82.2	2006	[120]
A hospital in Shanghai, China	93.2	94.9	2005	[121]
8 hospitals across China (CHINET 2005)	69.0	82.0	2005	[98]
A hospital in Hangzhou, China	68.6	86.8	2005	[122]
17 hospitals in 15 Chinese cities	62.9	–	2004–2005	[71]
14 hospitals in Shanghai, China	63.9	82.9	2004	[124]
A hospital surgical ICU in Guangzhou, China	94.7	88.2	2001–2004	[49]
Guangzhou hospitals, China	70.8	82.4	2003	[126]
Shanghai hospitals, China	59.8	80.3	2003	[127]
A hospital in Guangzhou, China	65.3	70.7	2002–2003	[133]
4 hospitals in Kunming, China	36.3	–	2002	[128]
15 tertiary hospitals in Hubei, China	38.6	72.6	2002	[129]
13 hospitals across China	89.2	–	2000–2001	[92]
11 hospitals in Shanghai, China	64.0	77.0	1999	[90]
13 hospitals across China	81.8	–	1998–1999	[91]
Shanghai hospitals, China	54.9	70.7	1998	[138]

ICU, Intensive Care Unit.