title: Risk factors for colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among nursing home residents.
abstract: Risk factors predictive of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization in 786 of 910 nursing home residents were evaluated. A customized questionnaire was completed by theresidents, who were screened for MRSA. The risk factors significantly associated with MRSA colonization were male sex, age >80 years, residence in the nursing home for <six months, hospitalization during the previous 6 months, peripheral vascular disease, pressure sores, steroid therapy, poor general skin condition, antibiotic therapy during the previous three months and a mental test score of O14. Multivariate analysis identified male sex and pressure sores as independent variables.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Central Pathology Laboratory, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin, 8, Ireland.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Keane
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects