Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Carriage in Residents of Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care Facilities: Role of Antimicrobial Exposure and MRSA Acquisition

To identify risk factors associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquisition in long-term care facility (LTCF) residents. Multicenter, prospective cohort followed over 6 months. Three Veterans Affairs (VA) LTCFs. All current and new residents except those with short stay (

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2012-06, Vol.33 (6), p.551-557
Main Authors: STONE, Nimalie D, LEWIS, Donna R, JOHNSON, Theodore M, HARTNEY, Thomas, CHANDLER, Doris, BYRD-SELLERS, Johnita, MCGOWAN, John E, TENOVER, Fred C, JERNIGAN, John A, GAYNES, Robert P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Cross Infection - diagnosis
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Cross Infection - etiology
Cross Infection - transmission
Female
Hospitals, Veterans
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Indexing in process
Infection Control
Infectious diseases
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Multivariate Analysis
Nose - microbiology
Nursing
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Residential Facilities
Risk Factors
Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections - etiology
Staphylococcal Infections - transmission
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Staphylococcus aureus
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Summary:To identify risk factors associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquisition in long-term care facility (LTCF) residents. Multicenter, prospective cohort followed over 6 months. Three Veterans Affairs (VA) LTCFs. All current and new residents except those with short stay (
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1086/665711