The high percentage of MRSA as part of the overall staph picture in China has several consequences. More potential for pigs to be the mixing bowl is matched by huge potential danger of death in the event of avian flu as MRSA carriers will be more vulnerable.
398 will be part of this overall picture. The percentages below are much higher than the UK which is one of the worst in the world apart from the USA
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
We investigated the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in China and determined the susceptibility of S. aureus to 26 antimicrobial agents, including ceftobiprole, linezolid, and tigecycline. A total of 798 isolates were collected and tested by agar dilution. The mean prevalence of MRSA was 50.4%, the highest in Shanghai (80.3%), followed by those in Beijing (55.5%) and Shenyang (50.0%). Only 4.2% to 12.6% of MRSA were susceptible to erythromycin, fluoroquinolones, gentamicin, and tetracycline. All isolates were susceptible to teicoplanin, vancomycin, linezolid, tigecycline, and ceftobiprole.
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