Risk Factors for Colonization with Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) in Patients Admitted to an Urban Hospital: Emergence of Community‐Associated MRSA Nasal Carriage
Clinical Infectious Diseases2005Vol. 41(2), pp. 159–166
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Alicia Hidrón, Ekaterina V. Kourbatova, J. Sue Halvosa, Bianca J. Terrell, Linda K. McDougal, Fred C. Tenover, Henry M. Blumberg, Mark D. King
Abstract
The prevalence of MRSA colonization at the time of patient admission was high (>7%). Limiting surveillance cultures to patients with >or=1 of the identified risk factors may allow for targeted screening. The emergence of CA-MRSA colonization represents a new, unrecognized reservoir of MRSA within hospitals, potentially increasing the risk for horizontal transmission.
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