Proposal for common Nordic epidemiological terms and definitions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
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Skov, RobertGudlaugsson, Olafur
Hardardottir, Hjordis
Harthug, Stig
Jakobsen, Trond
Kolmos, Hans Jørn
Olsson-Liljequist, Barbro
Peltonen, Reijo
Tveten, Yngvar
Vuopio-Varkila, Jaana
Ahrén, Christina
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2008
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Scand. J. Infect. Dis. 2008, 40(6-7):495-502Abstract
The recent increase in the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in all the Nordic countries prompted the Scandinavian Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (SSAC) to create the 'SSAC Working Party on MRSA' with the objective to identify methods to keep the invasive MRSA infections in the Nordic countries below 1%. The lack of common definitions was recognized as a major obstacle for a joint Nordic effort to combat MRSA. The aim of this publication is to present proposals for epidemiological definitions of individual cases, for how to report MRSA frequency per country, and for communication of MRSA strain characteristics between the countries.Description
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