Risk factors for MRSA infection in hospitals

Then, patients with CA- MRSA infections were compared with those infected by MSSA searching for risk factors potentially associated with the CA- MRSA phenotype, excluding

The first report in Brazil of severe infection caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).. Teixeira

The goal of this study was to identify the risk factors involved in the acquisition of nosocomial bloodstream infections by multiresistant Gram-negative bacteria in patients treated

The variables identified by multiple logistic regression (Table 4) were more than 3 days of mechanical ventilation (p<0.0001), number of surgeries (p=0.0180) and number of

As medidas implementadas incidiram na preparação científica e reorganização das equipas; gestão do equipamento de proteção individual; reorganização dos espaços comuns

However, the frequency of MRSA causing SSTI, the type of infection most commonly associated to CA-MRSA, among patients attending healthcare centers in Portugal, was never

CA-MRSA have specific genetic backgrounds, different from their hospital counterparts, and its success as a pathogen in the community has been related with an

Regarding the possible factors related to cases of infection/ colonization by CA-MRSA international studies described their association with frequent physical contact, breaking of