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    Medical and Household Characteristics Associated with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage among Patients Admitted to a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital

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    Schinasi, Leah; Wing, Steve; MacDonald, Pia D. M.; Richardson, David B.; Stewart, Jill R.; Augustino, Kerri L.; Nobles, Delores L.; Ramsey, Keith M.
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    Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) poses a threat to patient safety and public health. Understanding how MRSA is acquired is important for prevention efforts. This study investigates risk factors for MRSA nasal carriage among patients at an eastern North Carolina hospital in 2011. Using a case-control design, hospitalized patients ages 18 - 65 years were enrolled between July 25, 2011 and December 15, 2011 at Vidant Medical Center, a tertiary care hospital that screens all admitted patients for nasal MRSA carriage. Cases, defined as MRSA nasal carriers, were age and gender matched to controls, non-MRSA carriers. In-hospital interviews were conducted, and medical records were reviewed to obtain information on medical and household exposures. Multivariable conditional logistic regression was used to derive odds ratio (OR) estimates of association between MRSA carriage and medical and household exposures. In total, 117 cases and 119 controls were recruited to participate. Risk factors for MRSA carriage included having household members who took antibiotics or were hospitalized (OR: 3.27; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.24-8.57) and prior hospitalization with a positive MRSA screen (OR: 3.21; 95% CI: 1.12-9.23). A lower proportion of cases than controls were previously hospitalized without a past positive MRSA screen (OR: 0.40; 95% CI: 0.19-0.87). These findings suggest that household exposures are important determinants of MRSA nasal carriage in hospitalized patients screened at admission.
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    2013-08-26
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    Schinasi, Leah, & Wing, Steve, & MacDonald, Pia D. M., & Richardson, David B., & Stewart, Jill R., & Augustino, Kerri L., & Nobles, Delores L., & Ramsey, Keith M.. (August 2013). Medical and Household Characteristics Associated with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage among Patients Admitted to a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital. , (), - . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7775

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    Schinasi, Leah, and Wing, Steve, and MacDonald, Pia D. M., and Richardson, David B., and Stewart, Jill R., and Augustino, Kerri L., and Nobles, Delores L., and Ramsey, Keith M.. "Medical and Household Characteristics Associated with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage among Patients Admitted to a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital". . . (), August 2013. September 23, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7775.
    Chicago:
    Schinasi, Leah and Wing, Steve and MacDonald, Pia D. M. and Richardson, David B. and Stewart, Jill R. and Augustino, Kerri L. and Nobles, Delores L. and Ramsey, Keith M., "Medical and Household Characteristics Associated with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage among Patients Admitted to a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital," , no. (August 2013), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7775 (accessed September 23, 2023).
    AMA:
    Schinasi, Leah, Wing, Steve, MacDonald, Pia D. M., Richardson, David B., Stewart, Jill R., Augustino, Kerri L., Nobles, Delores L., Ramsey, Keith M.. Medical and Household Characteristics Associated with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage among Patients Admitted to a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital. . August 2013; (): . http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7775. Accessed September 23, 2023.
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