TABLE 1-1The History of Our Ongoing Race with Staphylococcus aureus

1943penicillin available
1947first resistant strains reported
1960sswitch to methicillin
1961methicillin-resistant strain found in Cairo
1980smethicillin resistance rising, vancomycin used as last resort
199215% methicillin-resistant
199635% methicillin-resistant
200050% methicillin-resistant
2002vancomycin resistance reported

From: 1, Introduction

Cover of The Resistance Phenomenon in Microbes and Infectious Disease Vectors
The Resistance Phenomenon in Microbes and Infectious Disease Vectors: Implications for Human Health and Strategies for Containment: Workshop Summary.
Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Emerging Infections; Knobler SL, Lemon SM, Najafi M, et al., editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2003.
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