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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
From the total Staphylococcus aureus isolated from all clinical samples in 2021,
2115 (7 %) isolates were confirmed to be MRSA. The graph shows a decrease
MRSA rates in comparison from 2011 (19.2 %) to 2021 (7 %) (Figure 3).
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PERCENTAGE (%) 25 19.2 19.3 19.8
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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Figure 3: Trend of MRSA rates from 2011 until 2021.
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