title: Epidemiological analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage among veterinary staff of companion animals in Japan.
abstract: Veterinary staff carrying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) can be a source of MRSA infection in animals. To identify risk factors of MRSA carriage among veterinary staff, MRSA carriage and epidemiological information (sex, career, contact with MRSA-identified animal patients and others) were analyzed from 96 veterinarians and 70 veterinary technicians working at 71 private veterinary clinics in Japan. Univariate analysis determined sex (percentage of MRSA carriage, male (29.2%) vs. female (10%); P=0.002) and career (veterinarians (22.9%) vs. veterinary technicians (10%); P=0.030) as risk factors. Multivariable analysis revealed that sex was independently associated with MRSA carriage (adjusted odds ratio, 3.717; 95% confidence interval, 1.555-8.889; P=0.003). Therefore, male veterinary staff had a higher risk of MRSA carriage than female staff.
authors: School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan.
authors: Kanako
authors: K
authors: Ishihara
authors: Mieko
authors: M
authors: Saito
authors: Natsumi
authors: N
authors: Shimokubo
authors: Yasukazu
authors: Y
authors: Muramatsu
authors: Shigeki
authors: S
authors: Maetani
authors: Yutaka
authors: Y
authors: Tamura
mesh_terms: D017750:Animal Technicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D057805:Pets; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D018634:Veterinarians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
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