Increasing Burden of Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Hospitalizations at US Academic Medical Centers, 2003–2008

Abstract

The number of hospital admissions for any MRSA infection per 1,000 hospital admissions overall increased during 2003-2008. Use of unadjusted administrative hospital discharge data or surveillance for invasive disease far underestimates the number of MRSA infections among hospitalized patients.