title: Prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at hospital admission.
abstract: To determine the prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage at the time of admission to our hospital, we screened the medical records of 1,128 patients for demographic and clinical data. The antimicrobial resistance pattern and genotype of MRSA isolates were studied. The prevalence of MRSA carriage at hospital admission was 1.4%. Older patients and patients previously admitted to healthcare centers were the most likely to have MRSA carriage at admission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Casas
authors.forename: Nieves
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sopena
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Esteve
authors.forename: Maria Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Quesada
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Andrés
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matas
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pedro-Botet
authors.forename: Montse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caraballo
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ausina
authors.forename: Miquel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sabrià
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics