Prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at hospital admission.
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.
Casas
Irma
I
Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain.
Sopena
Nieves
N
Esteve
Maria
M
Quesada
Maria Dolores
MD
Andrés
Isabel
I
Matas
Lourdes
L
Blanco
Silvia
S
Pedro-Botet
Maria Luisa
ML
Caraballo
Montse
M
Ausina
Vicente
V
Sabrià
Miquel
M
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