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Acquisition of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Acute Care Setting: Incidence and Risk Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christophe Rioux ,
Laurence Armand-Lefevre ,
Wafaa Guerinot ,
Antoine Andremont  and
Jean-Christophe Lucet
Christophe Rioux
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and, University Paris VII, Paris, France
Laurence Armand-Lefevre
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Laboratory, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and, University Paris VII, Paris, France
Wafaa Guerinot
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Unit, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and, University Paris VII, Paris, France
Antoine Andremont
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Laboratory, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and, University Paris VII, Paris, France
Jean-Christophe Lucet*
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Unit, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and, University Paris VII, Paris, France
*
Unité d'Hygiène et de Lutte contre l'Infection Nosocomiale, GH Bichat- Clauc Bernard, 75877 Paris Cedex 18, France (jean-christophe.lucet@bch.aphp.fr)
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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.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , June 2007 , pp. 733 - 736
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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