Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2013)

Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Northwest Ontario: A Five-Year Report of Incidence and Antibiotic Resistance

  • Jill Muileboom,
  • Marsha Hamilton,
  • Karen Parent,
  • Donna Makahnouk,
  • Michael Kirlew,
  • Raphael Saginur,
  • Freda Lam,
  • Len Kelly

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/169409
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 2
pp. e42 – e44

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The incidence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is traditionally high in remote areas of Canada with large Aboriginal populations. Northwestern Ontario is home to 28,000 First Nations people in more than 30 remote communities; rates of CA-MRSA are unknown.