Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Is Increasing in Norway: A Time Series Analysis of Reported MRSA and Methicillin-Sensitive S. aureus Cases, 1997–2010

• John F. Moxnes ,

  * E-mail: John-F.Moxnes@ffi.no

  Affiliation Department for Protection, Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, Kjeller, Norway

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• Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio,

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Division of Infectious Disease Control, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Truls Michael Leegaard,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Division of Diagnostics and Technology, Akershus University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Lørenskog, Norway

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• Aina E. Fossum Moen

  Affiliation Section of Clinical Molecular Biology and Laboratory Sciences (EpiGen), Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Lørenskog, Norway

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