Medicina clinica
The most recent articles from:
March 2019
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Factors for persistence of MRSA carriage one year after initial detection in individuals from various healthcare institutions.
We studied the natural history of patients with chronic stable illnesses that are colonized by Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The aim was to determine the persistence colonization 1 year after. Moreover, we intended to disclose factors that predict MRSA persistence. ⋯ Our study disclosed a high MRSA persistence rate and identified several associated factors (both at baseline and one year later). This information may be useful to identify individuals at high-risk of being MRSA carriers at hospital admission.