Predicting high prevalence of community methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus strains in nursing homes

Courtney R. Murphy; Lyndsey O. Hudson; Brian G. Spratt; Victor Quan; Diane Kim; Ellena Peterson; Grace Tan; Kaye Evans; Hildy Meyers; Michele Cheung; Bruce Y. Lee; Dana B. Mukamel; Mark C. Enright; Matthew Whealon; Susan S. Huang

doi:10.1086/669519

Predicting high prevalence of community methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus strains in nursing homes

Courtney R. Murphy, Lyndsey O. Hudson, Brian G. Spratt, Victor Quan, Diane Kim, Ellena Peterson, Grace Tan, Kaye Evans, Hildy Meyers, Michele Cheung, Bruce Y. Lee, Dana B. Mukamel, Mark C. Enright, Matthew Whealon, Susan S. Huang

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Abstract

We assessed characteristics associated with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) carriage among residents of 22 nursing homes. Of MRSA-positive swabs, 25% (208/824) were positive for CA-MRSA. Median facility CAMRSA percentage was 22% (range, 0%-44%). In multivariate models, carriage was associated with age less than 65 years (odds ratio, 1.2; P <.001) and Hispanic ethnicity (odds ratio, 1.2; Pp.006). Interventions are needed to target CA-MRSA.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	325-328
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	34
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/669519
State	Published - Mar 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Murphy, C. R., Hudson, L. O., Spratt, B. G., Quan, V., Kim, D., Peterson, E., Tan, G., Evans, K., Meyers, H., Cheung, M., Lee, B. Y., Mukamel, D. B., Enright, M. C., Whealon, M., & Huang, S. S. (2013). Predicting high prevalence of community methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus strains in nursing homes. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 34(3), 325-328. https://doi.org/10.1086/669519

Murphy, CR, Hudson, LO, Spratt, BG, Quan, V, Kim, D, Peterson, E, Tan, G, Evans, K, Meyers, H, Cheung, M, Lee, BY, Mukamel, DB, Enright, MC, Whealon, M & Huang, SS 2013, 'Predicting high prevalence of community methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus strains in nursing homes', Infection control and hospital epidemiology, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 325-328. https://doi.org/10.1086/669519

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