Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of infection among solid-organ transplant recipients. After years of rising incidence, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections have been decreasing. In the United States, the incidence of MRSA catheter-associated bloodstream infections has declined (1) as have rates of invasive healthcare-associated MRSA infections (2). Data from Europe are even more encouraging (3). According to the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS), invasive MRSA infections are decreasing in nine countries (4).
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Garzoni et al. (2013) studied this question.