Reference | Study period | Location | Study Design | Setting | Aims of study |
[11] | 2014-2015 | Barbados | Prospective, observational | Hospital | To characterize S. aureus, MRSA in the Barbados healthcare system |
2013-2016 |
| Community | |||
[12] | 2004-2009 | Martinique | Retrospective, observational | Hospital | To evaluate the possible relationship between human migration and local MRSA epidemiology |
2010-2011 | Martinique Guadeloupe Tobago Trinidad Jamaica | Retrospective, observational | Hospital | ||
[16] | 2008 | Cuba | Prospective, observational | Hospital | To investigate the molecular epidemiology of MRSA isolates from four major Cuban hospitals |
[20] | 2002 | Manchester, southern Jamaica | Prospective, observational | Hospital & Community | To assess the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and prevalence of methicillin resistance among S. aureus isolates from hospital and community sources in southern Jamaica |
[21] | 2013 to 2017 | Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados | Retrospective cohort study | Hospital; Screening for colonization | To investigate the prevalence of MRSA and CRKP colonization and infection in the patients of the ICU and HDU units at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados |
[22] |
| Jamaica | Retrospective, cross-sectional | Hospitalized patients (with skin and soft tissue infections) | To compare the carriage of virulence determinants and antibiotic resistance phenotypes between MRSA and MSSA isolates and examine their virulence potential using the nematode, C. elegans |
[23] | 2004-2007 | Manhattan, New York City | Prospective, observational | Community | To assess the potential for horizontal transmission of S. aureus ST398 and evidence for identical strain profiles between USA and Dominican Republic |
Dominican Republic | Retrospective | Hospital | |||
[24] | 2007-2008 | Dominican Republic | Retrospective, observational | Community | To characterize S. aureus isolates from the DR and contrast this with S. aureus from Martinique |
Martinique | Retrospective, observational | Community | |||
[25] | 2014 | Haiti | Prospective, observational | Hospital | To determine incidence and independent risk factors for SSI after CS, as well as pathogens associated with infections |
[26] | 1999-2004 | Trinidad | Retrospective, observational | Hospital and Community | To characterize MRSA isolates of S. aureus recovered from different sources in Trinidad |
[27] | 2011-2012 | Kingston and St. Andrew metropolis, Jamaica | Retrospective observational | Hospital | To characterize MRSA isolates from patients admitted to public hospitals in the Kingston and St. Andrew metropolis |