The association between socioeconomic factors and the success of decolonization treatment among individuals diagnosed with methicillin-resistant : A cohort study from 2007 to 2020.

Objectives: To examine associations between socioeconomic factors and (1) adherence to methicillin-resistant (MRSA) posttreatment follow-up swab sampling after 1 and 6 months and (2) successful decolonization treatment.

Design: Cohort study with 2 years of follow-up. Data on patients diagnosed with MRSA were extracted from a regional MRSA database and national registries.

International travel as source of a hospital outbreak with an unusual meticillin-resistant clonal complex 398, Denmark, 2016.

In May 2016, an unusual outbreak with the Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive human variant of meticillin-resistant (MRSA) clonal complex 398 occurred among mothers and infants in the maternity unit of a Danish hospital. MRSA sharing genotypic and phenotypic characteristics was confirmed in 36 cases, including 26 patients, nine household members and a healthcare worker (HCW) who had contact with all the patients. The national MRSA database contained 37 seemingly unlinked MRSA cases whose isolates shared the same genotypic and phenotypic characteristics as the outbreak strain.