Study: MRSA infections increased between 2000 and 2004

Patient Safety Monitor Alert

August 19, 2009

Researchers using data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample found that community-associated MRSA led a surge in skin and soft tissue infections between 2000 and 2004, reports Modern Medicine. The study, published in the September Emerging Infectious Diseases, found that total admissions for skin and soft tissue infections rose 29% during this time, and that MRSA accounted for 59% of those infections. It's thought that the rise in community-associated MRSA has led to the increase in these types of hospital admissions.