title: Acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in contacts of patients newly identified as colonized or infected with MRSA in the immediate postexposure and postdischarge periods.
abstract: The acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after exposure to patients colonized or infected with MRSA was assessed. Among contacts with complete surveillance screening, the rate of acquisition was 5.7% and was lower in those identified postdischarge (17/683, 2.5%) compared with those tested in the immediate postexposure period (62/706, 8.8%).
authors.affiliation: Infection Prevention and Control, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: Victoria.Williams@sunnybrook.ca.
authors.forename: Victoria R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Infection Prevention and Control, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Callery
authors.affiliation: Infection Prevention and Control, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vearncombe
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Andrew E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Simor
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission
keywords: Contact; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Surveillance screening