1. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: current perspectives 
M.F.Q. Kluytmans-VandenBergh, J.A.J.W. Kluytmans 
Clinical Microbiology and Infection 
Volume 12, Pages 9-15 (January 2006)
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2. Fig. 1
Prevalence of penicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals and in the community, 1940–1974. The prevalence of S. aureus strains resistant to penicillin within hospitals rose dramatically in the 1940s and 1950s. However, penicillin-resistant community-acquired strains of S. aureus were not reported until 1949, when the rate of penicillin resistance in hospitals approached 50%. The prevalence of penicillin-resistant S. aureus in communities continued to increase throughout the ensuing 20 years, finally approaching the resistance rates seen among hospital strains. Adapted from Chambers [30] and Salgado [17].
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