Prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus and Risk Factors for Carriage in Dutch Hospitals

Overview

Journal Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Specialties Health Services
Infectious Diseases
Nursing
Public Health

Date 2010 Sep 28

PMID 20868286

Citations 4

Authors

A M Kaiser

A J P Haenen

A J de Neeling

C M J E Vandenbroucke-Grauls

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Abstract

To evaluate the actual burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and determine risk factors for carriage and infection, we performed a prevalence survey with a nested case-control study among inpatients in Dutch hospitals. The prevalence of carriage was 0.94 cases per 1,000 inpatients, and the prevalence of infection was 0.21 cases per 1,000 inpatients. Professional contact with livestock and a stay in a foreign hospital were associated with carriage.

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