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: Received: 3 April 2019 / Approved: 5 April 2019 / Online: 5 April 2019 (11:46:16 CEST)
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Witwit, H. Staphylococcal Infection in California: Strain Dominancy and Trends, a Good Day Against Superbug. Preprints2019, 2019040059. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201904.0059.v1.
Witwit, H. Staphylococcal Infection in California: Strain Dominancy and Trends, a Good Day Against Superbug. Preprints 2019, 2019040059. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201904.0059.v1.
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Witwit, H. Staphylococcal Infection in California: Strain Dominancy and Trends, a Good Day Against Superbug. Preprints2019, 2019040059. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201904.0059.v1.
Witwit, H. Staphylococcal Infection in California: Strain Dominancy and Trends, a Good Day Against Superbug. Preprints 2019, 2019040059. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201904.0059.v1.
Abstract
In California, an average of 41,900 patients are diagnosed annually with Staphylococcus bacterial infection; out of these, 24,090 patients have methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and 17,810 patients have methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infection. The aim of this paper is to find out whether there is a significant difference in strain dominancy and in what direction. The paper gathered and analyzed data for period of five years of infection rate due to Staphylococcusaureus. This study indicates that a significant difference in dominancy exists, the MRSA infection rate (an average of five years period) is 1.35 times higher than the MSSA infection rate (P-value < 0.05, CI: 95%), but the gap between the two infection rates is decreasing. The infection rate of both MRSA and MSSA is in a path of decline.
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
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