Importance of bacterial burden among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers in a long-term care facility

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America
Nimalie D StoneChesley L Richards

Abstract

To evaluate the prevalence and transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization, as well as risk factors associated with MRSA carriage, among residents of a long-term care facility (LTCF). Prospective, longitudinal cohort study. A 100-bed Veterans Administration LTCF. All current and newly admitted residents of the LTCF during an 8-week study period. Nasal swab samples were obtained weekly and cultured on MRSA-selective media, and the cultures were graded for growth on a semiquantitative scale from 0 (no growth) to 6 (heavy growth). Epidemiologic data for the periods before and during the study were collected to assess risk factors for MRSA carriage. Of 83 LTCF residents, 49 (59%) had 1 or more nasal swab cultures that were positive for MRSA; 34 (41%) were consistently culture-negative (designated "noncarriers"). Of the 49 culture-positive residents, 30 (36% of the total of 83 residents) had all cultures positive for MRSA (designated "persistent carriers"), and 19 (23% of the 83 residents) had at least 1 culture, but not all cultures, positive for MRSA (designated "intermittent carriers"). Multivariate analysis showed that participants with at least 1 nasal swab culture positive for MRSA wer...Continue Reading

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