More Community-Associated MRSA in Smaller vs. Larger Hospitals

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was more common in smaller hospitals that had more Medicaid patients and healthier patients, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

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Researchers analyzed clinical MRSA isolates from inpatients in 30 hospitals in Orange County, Calif., from October 2008 through April 2010.

Click here to read the full story on MRSA in Becker’s Hospital Review.

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