Correction, vol. 11, no. 6.In "Community-acquired Methicillin methicillin /meth·i·cil·lin/ (meth?i-sil´in) a semisynthetic penicillin highly resistant to inactivation by penicillinase; used as the sodium salt. meth·i·cil·lin (m  th-resistant Staphylococcus staph·y·lo·coc·ci (-k k s , -kk aureus, Uruguay Uruguay, country, South AmericaUruguay (y `rəgwā, gwī, Span.  rgwi`," by Xiao Xue Ma et al., errors occurred on pages 973 and 974. The first sentence of the abstract should read as follows: A novel, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus au·re·us (ô r - s)n. clone (Uruguay clone) with a non multidrug-resistant phenotype 1. The observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism, as determined by both genetic makeup and environmental influences. 2. The expression of a specific trait, such as stature or blood type, based on genetic and environmental influences. 3. An individual or group of organisms exhibiting a particular phenotype. caused a large outbreak, including 7 deaths, in Montevideo Montevideo (mŏntāvēthā`ō), city (1996 pop. 1,330,405), S Uruguay, capital and largest city of Uruguay, on the Río de La Plata. It is one of the major ports of South America and the governmental, financial, and commercial center of Uruguay., Uruguay. The first sentence of the article should read as follows: Since the 1990s, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA MRSA - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus MRSA - Market Research Society of Australia MRSA - Materiel Readiness Support Activity (US Army) MRSA - Midland Railway Signalman's Association MRSA - Seaman Apprentice, Machinery Repairman Striker (Naval Rating)) infections have been increasingly recognized in the community, and MRSA strains isolated from patients with community-associated cases have been called community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA CA-MRSA - Community Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus). The first sentence of Figure 1 legend (p. 974) should read as follows: The monthly accumulation of cases of infections due to non-multidrug-resistant MRSA strains from January 2002 to October 2003. The corrected article appears online at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/ vol11no06/04-1059.htm We regret any confusion these errors may have caused. |
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