TY - JOUR AU - Golding, George R. AU - Levett, Paul N. AU - McDonald, Ryan R. AU - Irvine, James AU - Quinn, Brian AU - Nsungu, Mandiangu AU - Woods, Shirley AU - Khan, Mohammad AU - Ofner-Agostini, Marianna AU - Mulvey, Michael R. T1 - High Rates of Staphylococcus aureus USA400 Infection, Northern Canada T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 4 SP - 722 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus infections in 3 northern remote communities of Saskatchewan was undertaken. Rates of methicillin-resistant infections were extremely high (146–482/10,000 population), and most (98.2%) were caused by USA400 strains. Although USA400 prevalence has diminished in the United States, this strain is continuing to predominate throughout many northern communities in Canada. KW - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus KW - staphylococci KW - MSSA KW - MRSA KW - community KW - Canada KW - NARP KW - bacteria KW - antimicrobial drug resistance KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1704.100482 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/4/10-0482_article ER - End of Reference