Community-Associated Infections

• In Canada, there are 60,000 hospitalizations each year related to influenza infection and community acquired pneumonia.
• 8,000 Canadians die each year related to influenza infection and community acquired pneumonia.
• Community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) has the potential to cause severe disease and children are at high risk.
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has moved out of the hospitals and into the community.
Community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) has the potential to cause severe disease and children at high risk.
• Collaborative efforts in the community are needed to emphasize prevention of infectious diseases.
• Prevention includes avoiding unnecessary or inappropriate use of antibiotics which may promote the proliferation of community-associated infections due to resistant organisms.