Incidence of community onset MRSA in Australia: least reported where it is Most prevalent

Table 1 Publications on CO-MRSA infections in Australia used to calculate incidences in this study

Citation	Region^a	Data collection period	Admission status	Site of infection^b	Data source(s)^c	Additional exclusions^d	Publication type^e
Nimmo 2013 [13]	Queensland	2011	IP,OP,ED	All	P,D	T	PRJ
Stevens 2006 [28]	Alice Springs, NT	2005–6	IP,OP,ED	All	R,D	T	PRJ
Agostino 2016 [20]	Hunter - New England, NSW	2008–14	IP,OP,ED	Total	R	T	Th
Mitchell 2009 [46]	Tasmania	2008–9	IP,OP,ED	Total	S	s,c,p,d,t	GR
Tong 2009 [15]	Top End, NT	2006–7	IP,ED	Total	P	t,Other	PRJ
Wehrhahn 2010 [8]	Perth – Fremantle, WA	2005–7	IP	All	P	s,c,p,d,o,t	PRJ
Bennett 2007 [34]	Small hospitals Victoria	2004–5	IP	Total	S	T	PRJ
Marquess 2013 [35]	Queensland	2005–2010	IP	BSI	R	NS	PRJ
Robinson 2009 [19]	Perth, WA	1997–2007	IP	BSI	R	t,Other	PRJ
Laupland 2013 [33]	ACT	2000–8	IP	BSI	NS	NS	PRJ
Strachan 2014 [18]	Victoria	2009–13	IP	BSI	S	–	GR
Wells 2014 [32]	Tasmania	2008–14	IP	BSI	S	s,c,p,d,t	GR
Tong 2015 [17]	Northern Territory	2008–12	OP	SSTI	C	NS	PRJ
Bennett 2014 [36]	Melbourne, Vic	2006	OP	SSTI	C	L,t	PRJ
Pandey 2008 [39]	Bowral, NSW	2004	ED	SSTI	NS	NS	LE
Lim 2014 [40]	The Alfred Hospital, Vic	2003–11	ED	BSI	NS	m,t	PRJ

^aAustralian Capital Territory (ACT), Victoria (Vic)
^bAll: data for SSTIs, LRTIs, BSIs and others listed separately, Total: only data for total infections were provided
^cR: retrospective review of laboratory database, P: prospectively identified cases for inclusion, C: Community pathology database, S: surveillance system, D: discharge diagnosis, NS: not stated
^d s: surgical procedure – some authors required that the infection was at the surgical site c: therapy for cancer (variously: receiving IV chemotherapy, being an oncology patient, neutropenia or immunosuppressive medication), p: percutaneous or indwelling device, d: dialysis, t: time since previous discharge (variously ≤48 h to ≤12 months), L: residence in long term care facility, m: children (either less than 18 or 20 years old), o: other, NS: none stated. Further exclusion criteria included history of S. aureus infection, being an intravenous drug user, organ transplant recipients, respiratory and burns patients, receiving plasmapheresis, home IV therapy or employment in healthcare
^e PRJ peer-reviewed academic article, Th thesis, GR government report, LE letter to the editor

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