| Description |
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that causes much disease in humans,
created to identify ALL culture positive isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
from any specimen site in any patient/client receiving care within the VHA.
Note: Even specimens that have been obtained from patients (not the
environment) as part of an epidemiologic prevalence study or survey
should be included if they are present in the VistA laboratory package
results from your site.
The results from this EPI pathogen setting will be coupled with the results
from Reference #19 (MRSA) and Reference #20 (VRSA) to help determine the
percentage of all isolates of Staphylococcus aureus that have methicillin
including furunculosis, boils, acne, cellulitis, pneumonia, toxic shock
(oxacillin) resistance and vancomycin resistance.
syndrome and even death. It has always been a significant pathogen in the
community setting, as well as in the healthcare setting where transmission
can occur through contact and from the hands of healthcare personnel. The
presence of antibiotic resistance creates a challenge in treatment of
infections with this organism. In order to determine the prevalence of
antibiotic resistance, a baseline of occurrence of ALL Staphylococcus
aureus needs to be obtained. This particular EPI pathogen setting has been
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