1. Predicting High Prevalence of Community Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains in Nursing Homes
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Lyndsey O. Hudson, Diane Kim, Hildy Meyers, Susan S. Huang, Matthew D. Whealon, Victor Quan, Courtney R. Murphy, Mark C. Enright, Dana B. Mukamel, Michele Cheung, Brian G. Spratt, Grace L. Tan, Bruce Y. Lee, Ellena M. Peterson, and Kaye D. Evans
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Male ,Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ,Microbiology (medical) ,Gerontology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multivariate analysis ,Epidemiology ,Nose ,medicine.disease_cause ,Staphylococcal infections ,California ,Article ,Internal medicine ,Odds Ratio ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,Aged ,High prevalence ,business.industry ,Age Factors ,Hispanic or Latino ,Odds ratio ,Middle Aged ,Staphylococcal Infections ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,medicine.disease ,Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ,Nursing Homes ,Community-Acquired Infections ,Infectious Diseases ,Carriage ,Staphylococcus aureus ,Carrier State ,Multivariate Analysis ,Female ,business ,Nursing homes - 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
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- 2013
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