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MRSA in Africa: Filling the Global Map of Antimicrobial Resistance
We sought to assess the prevalence of methicillin-resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Africa. We included articles published in 2005 or later reporting for the prevalence of MRSA among S. aureus clinical isolates. Thirty-two studies were included. In Tunisia, the prevalence of MRSA in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3726677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23922652 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068024 |
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author | Falagas, Matthew E. Karageorgopoulos, Drosos E. Leptidis, John Korbila, Ioanna P. |
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description | We sought to assess the prevalence of methicillin-resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Africa. We included articles published in 2005 or later reporting for the prevalence of MRSA among S. aureus clinical isolates. Thirty-two studies were included. In Tunisia, the prevalence of MRSA increased from 16% to 41% between 2002–2007, while in Libya it was 31% in 2007. In South Africa, the prevalence decreased from 36% in 2006 to 24% during 2007–2011. In Botswana, the prevalence varied from 23–44% between 2000–2007. In Algeria and Egypt, the prevalence was 45% and 52% between 2003–2005, respectively. In Nigeria, the prevalence was greater in the northern than the southern part. In Ethiopia and the Ivory Coast, the prevalence was 55% and 39%, respectively. The prevalence of MRSA was lower than 50% in most of the African countries, although it appears to have risen since 2000 in many African countries, except for South Africa. |
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spelling | pubmed-37266772013-08-06 MRSA in Africa: Filling the Global Map of Antimicrobial Resistance Falagas, Matthew E. Karageorgopoulos, Drosos E. Leptidis, John Korbila, Ioanna P. PLoS One Research Article We sought to assess the prevalence of methicillin-resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Africa. We included articles published in 2005 or later reporting for the prevalence of MRSA among S. aureus clinical isolates. Thirty-two studies were included. In Tunisia, the prevalence of MRSA increased from 16% to 41% between 2002–2007, while in Libya it was 31% in 2007. In South Africa, the prevalence decreased from 36% in 2006 to 24% during 2007–2011. In Botswana, the prevalence varied from 23–44% between 2000–2007. In Algeria and Egypt, the prevalence was 45% and 52% between 2003–2005, respectively. In Nigeria, the prevalence was greater in the northern than the southern part. In Ethiopia and the Ivory Coast, the prevalence was 55% and 39%, respectively. The prevalence of MRSA was lower than 50% in most of the African countries, although it appears to have risen since 2000 in many African countries, except for South Africa. Public Library of Science 2013-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3726677/ /pubmed/23922652 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068024 Text en © 2013 Falagas et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Falagas, Matthew E. Karageorgopoulos, Drosos E. Leptidis, John Korbila, Ioanna P. MRSA in Africa: Filling the Global Map of Antimicrobial Resistance |
title | MRSA in Africa: Filling the Global Map of Antimicrobial Resistance |
title_full | MRSA in Africa: Filling the Global Map of Antimicrobial Resistance |
title_fullStr | MRSA in Africa: Filling the Global Map of Antimicrobial Resistance |
title_full_unstemmed | MRSA in Africa: Filling the Global Map of Antimicrobial Resistance |
title_short | MRSA in Africa: Filling the Global Map of Antimicrobial Resistance |
title_sort | mrsa in africa: filling the global map of antimicrobial resistance |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3726677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23922652 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068024 |
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