Table 1 Background characteristics of the study sample

Number of participants

Adult carriers

12 (+ 3 spouses)

Parents of carriers

3 (4 children)

Age (of adult carriers)

Mean (range)

61.7 (42–75)

Gender

Male (including 1 father)

4

Female (including 2 mothers)

11

MDRO

MRSA

5

LA-MRSA

3

E.coli

1

K.pneumonia & E.coli

1

A.baumannii & S.marcescens

1

E.coli & P.mirabilis

1

Children with MRSA

3 interviews (4 children)

Comorbidity

Cancer

5

Cardiovascular disease

2

Diabetes, cardiovascular disease

1

Respiratory disease

1

Muscle disease

1

Incomplete spinal cord injury

1

Kidney stones

1

Cleft lip (children)

2

None (children)

1 interview (2 siblings)