Abstract
Our objective was to assess the incidence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquisition among patients in acute care wards. For 5 months, patients were screened for MRSA colonization at admission and at discharge. At admission, 6.6% of patients had cultures positive for MRSA, and 3.1% of patients who had tested negative for MRSA on admission had cultures positive for MRSA at discharge. Only the presence of chronic skin breaks at admission was independently associated with MRSA acquisition.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Case-Control Studies
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Cross Infection / drug therapy
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Cross Infection / epidemiology
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Cross Infection / microbiology*
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Female
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Hospitals, Teaching
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Humans
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Incidence
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Male
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Methicillin Resistance*
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Middle Aged
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Paris / epidemiology
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Risk Factors
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections / drug therapy
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections / epidemiology
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections / microbiology*
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Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
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Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*