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• Three series of studies were conducted between 1984 and 1986 at two community hospitals in Chicago to determine the frequency of methicillin resistance ofStaphylococcus aureusisolated from hospitalized nursing home patients. Overall, 76 (49%) of 155 patients withS aureusclinical isolates admitted from 25 nursing homes had methicillin-resistantS aureus. In 1986, 53.1% of patients withS aureusinfection or colonization among nursing home patients had the resistant strain, in contrast with 13.2% among patients from the community. A high incidence of methicillin-resistantS aureusinfection or colonization is a clinical feature of nursing home patients. This observation may lead to an improvement in the clinical management of the patients suspected of havingS aureusinfection and alterations in the current policy of nursing homes that bar admission of patients carrying the resistant bacteria. (Arch Intern Med1988;148:569-570)
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