Volume 10, Number 8, August 2004

Antimicrobial Drug Use and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Aberdeen, 1996–2000

Dominique L. Monnet,* Fiona M. MacKenzie,† José María López-Lozano,‡ Arielle Beyaert,§ Máximo Camacho,§ Rachel Wilson,† David Stuart,† and Ian M. Gould†
*Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark; †Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland; ‡Hospital Vega Baja, Orihuela (Alicante), Spain; and §University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Appendix Figure. Examples of correlations between the monthly % methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and antimicrobial use without delay and with a 1- to 8-month delay, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, January 1996–December 2000. ^aTwo-tailed Pearson correlation coefficient. ^bCorrelation significant at the 0.05 level. ^cCorrelation significant at the 0.01 level.

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