TY - JOUR
T1 - Proposal for common Nordic epidemiological terms and definitions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
AU - Skov, Robert
AU - Gudlaugsson, Olafur
AU - Hardardottir, Hjordis
AU - Harthug, Stig
AU - Jakobsen, Trond
AU - Kolmos, Hans Jørn
AU - Olsson-Liljequist, Barbro
AU - Peltonen, Reijo
AU - Tveten, Yngvar
AU - Vuopio-Varkila, Jaana
AU - Ahrén, Christina
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Communicable Disease Control
KW - Epidemiologic Methods
KW - Europe
KW - Humans
KW - Methicillin Resistance
KW - Staphylococcal Infections
KW - Staphylococcus aureus
KW - Communicable Disease Control
KW - Epidemiologic Methods
KW - Europe
KW - Humans
KW - Methicillin Resistance
KW - Staphylococcal Infections
KW - Staphylococcus aureus
U2 - 10.1080/00365540701864658
DO - 10.1080/00365540701864658
M3 - Article
C2 - 18584537
SN - 2374-4235
JO - Infectious Diseases
JF - Infectious Diseases
ER -