Evolution of community-associated <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> infections from children in Cordoba-Argentina, 2003–2008.

<p>Evolution of the rates of all community-associated <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> infections: <i>i)</i> methicillin-resistant <i>S. aureus</i> (CA-MRSA) infections [total (squares) and invasive-INVI (circles)], and <i>ii)</i> total methicillin-susceptible <i>S. aureus</i> (CA-MSSA) infections (triangles) in Córdoba children's hospitals, [H1 (CBAH1): 2003–2008: filled figures, and in H1, H2 and H3 (CBAH1-3): 2005 vs 2007–2008: empty figures] <i>iii)</i> methicillin-resistant community-associated <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> infections caused by the ST5-IV-PVL⁺clone [total (gray squares) and invasive (INVI) (gray circles)] in H1 (CBAH1): 2003–2008.