TY - JOUR AU - Chambers, Henry F. T1 - The Changing Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus? T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 178 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which had been largely confined to hospitals and long-term care facilities, are emerging in the community. The changing epidemiology of MRSA bears striking similarity to the emergence of penicillinase-mediated resistance in S. aureus decades ago. Even though the origin (hospital or the community) of the emerging MRSA strains is not known, the prevalence of these strains in the community seems likely to increase substantially. KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0702.700178 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/2/70-0178_article ER - End of Reference