From: Increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition and change in pathogen pattern associated with outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
2001
2002
1–2 2003
SARS
P
MRSA (%)
6.9
6.2
16.3
< 0.001
Candida (%)
0.59
0.79
1.43
11.9
Pseudomonas (%)
6.5
7.7
8.1
0
NS
Stenotrophomonas (%)
2.8
3.1
11.2
Klebsiella (%)
5.1
3.8