Evaluation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia: Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes in the older patients in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia

Table 1 Methicillin-resistant S. aureus bacteremia rates from 2012 to 2016

Year	No. of cases	Total adult admissions /year	Cases/100 admissions
Year	No. of cases	Total adult admissions /year	Overall	HA-MRSA	HCA-MRSA	CA-MRSA
2012	54	44,836	0.12	0.08	0.02	0.02
2013	64	46,575	0.13	0.08	0.05	0.01
2014	36	49,681	0.07	0.04	0.02	0.01
2015	44	45,494	0.10	0.05	0.03	0.01
2016	77	44,675	0.17	0.07	0.09	0.02

MRSA: methicillin resistance staphylococcus aureus; HA: hospital-acquired; HCA: healthcare-associated; CA: community-acquired

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