MRSA carriage: the relationship between community and healthcare setting. A studyin an Italian hospital
| Autor: | Sandro Verdirosi, Stefano Boni, Luigia Scudeller, Antonella Rezzani, Antonella Navarra, Ornella Leoncini, Renato Maserati |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Microbiology (medical) Staphylococcus aureus Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Meticillin Drug resistance Staphylococcal infections Risk Factors Internal medicine Health care Epidemiology Prevalence medicine Humans Risk factor Aged Cross Infection business.industry Case-control study General Medicine Middle Aged Staphylococcal Infections medicine.disease Community-Acquired Infections Hospitalization Nasal Mucosa Infectious Diseases Carriage Italy Case-Control Studies Carrier State Female Methicillin Resistance business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hospital Infection. 46:222-229 |
| ISSN: | 0195-6701 |
| DOI: | 10.1053/jhin.2000.0806 |
| Popis: | From May 1997 to June 1998, all patients admitted to the study institution were screened at entry for MRSA carriage (both colonization and infection). Eighty-six MRSA carriers were identified; of these, 85 were nasal carriers. Risk factors were compared to those of 86 controls. Although the vast majority of both carriers and controls had at least one previous hospital stay, carriers were less likely than controls to be referred from a community setting, and had resided within the community for a shorter time before the current admission. The number of underlying conditions was comparable in the two groups, but those infected were more likely to have cancer than the controls. While community-acquired MRSA carriage is rare, exposure to a health care setting (particularly if repeated) within six months from the current admission, is a risk factor for MRSA carriage and introduction of the organism into an institution. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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