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The point prevalence and associated factors of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in eight geriatric hospitals in Korea.

Eun SH, Lee YS, Cha JO, Yoo JI, Lee JG, Lee HJ, Kim BS

Division of Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea.

The prevalence and associated factors of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonisation were investigated among patients in geriatric hospitals in Korea. S. aureus was isolated from 317 (50.2%) of 632 patients. The nasal MRSA colonisation prevalence was 36.1%. In bivariate analysis, stay in an intensive care unit, decreased functional status, recent use of antibiotics, use of urinary catheters and the existence of skin breaks were associated with nasal MRSA colonisation (p < 0.05). Of these factors, only decreased functional status and recent use of systemic antibiotics were associated independently with nasal MRSA colonisation following logistic regression analysis.

Published 7 February 2006 in Clin Microbiol Infect, 12(1): 81-3.
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