ABSTRACT
Agents and Chemotherapy 46: 3104-05). This study also showed that in the community the prevalence of MRSA changed from 17.3% in 1996 to 28.6% in 2000, emphasizing that resistant bacteria are an issue in both community and hospital. Good antibiotic prescribing and infection control practices thus have to be co-ordinated across the various health care settings in order for any control strategies to have a meaningful outcome.
