Occurrence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a teaching hospital in Philadelphia

Manual medical record mining and data analysis were performed at a tertiary care university teaching hospital to establish the rate of occurrence of and risk factors for infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Patients with surgical site infections had the highest rate of...

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Published in:American journal of infection control 2012-05, Vol.40 (4), p.381-383
Main Authors: Gomes, Sheldon, MD, Altafi, Sohail, MD, Garcia, Kristine M., BSN, RN, Emery, Christopher L., MD, Hamilton, Richard, MD, Brooks, Ari D., MD, Joshi, Suresh G., MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
Female
General aspects
Hospitals, Teaching
Human bacterial diseases
Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models
Humans
Inducible clindamycin resistance
Infant
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Intensive care
Male
Medical sciences
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Middle Aged
Mortality
MRSA
Multi-drug resistance
Philadelphia - epidemiology
Prevalence
Recurrence
Risk factor
Risk Factors
Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - mortality
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Staphylococcus infections
Surgical site infection
Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection - microbiology
Surgical Wound Infection - mortality
Teaching hospitals
Young Adult
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Summary:Manual medical record mining and data analysis were performed at a tertiary care university teaching hospital to establish the rate of occurrence of and risk factors for infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Patients with surgical site infections had the highest rate of MRSA infection, representing 59% of the MRSA infections recorded. The mortality rate in patients with relapsed MRSA was 45% (13 of 30), compared with no deaths in 149 new MRSA cases. The majority of deaths in patients with relapsed MRSA occurred in the intensive care unit.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2011.05.007