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Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Risk Factors for Carriage in Dutch Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

A. M. Kaiser ,
A. J. P. Haenen ,
A. J. de Neeling  and
C. M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls
A. M. Kaiser*
Affiliation:
VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands
A. J. P. Haenen
Affiliation:
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands
C. M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls
Affiliation:
VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands
*
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU university Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (a.kaiser@vumc.nl)
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To evaluate the actual burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and determine risk factors for carriage and infection, we performed a prevalence survey with a nested case-control study among inpatients in Dutch hospitals. The prevalence of carriage was 0.94 cases per 1,000 inpatients, and the prevalence of infection was 0.21 cases per 1,000 inPatients. Professional contact with livestock and a stay in a foreign hospital were associated with carriage.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 11 , November 2010 , pp. 1188 - 1190
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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