From: Success rates of MRSA decolonization and factors associated with failure
Total (n = 127) | Children (n = 35) | Adults (n = 92) | |
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Age, median | 33 | 9 | 46 |
Gender, n (%) | |||
Male Female | 66 61 | 14 (21.2) 21 (34.4) | 52 (78.8) 40 (65.6) |
Pets | |||
No Yes | 92 35 | 25 (27.2) 10 (28.6) | 67 (72.8) 25 (71.4) |
MRSA source, n (%) | |||
Unknown a | 22 | 3 (13.6) | 19 (86.4) |
Hospital-acquired | 30 | 5 (13.7) | 25 (83.3) |
Livestock-associated | 21 | 2 (9.5) | 19 (90.5) |
Community-acquired | 33 | 10 (30.3) | 23 (69.7) |
Living in refugee centre | 21 | 15 (71.4) | 6 (28.6) |
Comorbidity, n (%) b | |||
No Yes | 88 39 | 23 (26.1) 12 (30.8) | 65 (73.9) 27 (69.2) |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 10 | 2 (20.0) | 8 (80.0) |
Skin disease | 12 | 4 (33.3) | 8 (66.7) |
Renal disease c | 7 | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) |
Devices d | 18 | 6 (33.3) | 12 (66.7) |
AB use in the past 3 months, n (%) e | |||
No Yes | 99 28 | 32 (32.3) 3 (10.7) | 67 (67.7) 25 (89.3) |
Hospital admission in the Netherlands in the past year, n (%) e | |||
No Yes | 101 26 | 30 (29.7) 5 (19.2) | 71 (70.3) 21 (80.8) |
Skin lesions, n (%) | |||
No Yes | 84 43 | 28 (33.3) 7 (16.3) | 56 (66.7) 36 (83.7) |
Travel abroad in the past year, n (%) e, f | |||
No Yes | 86 41 | 20 (23.3) 11 (36.6) | 66 (76.7) 26 (63.4) |
Type of MRSA carriage, n (%) | |||
Uncomplicated carriage | 7 | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) |
Complicated carriage | 91 | 29 (31.9) | 62 (68.1) |
Infection & Complicated carriage | 29 | 2 (6.9) | 27 (93.1) |
Location of MRSA carriage, n (%) | |||
Nasal carriage | 70 | 18 (25.7) | 52 (74.3) |
Non-nasal carriage | 57 | 17 (29.8) | 40 (70.2) |
Throat carriage | 83 | 27 (32.5) | 56 (67.5) |
Perineal carriage | 52 | 10 (19.2) | 42 (80.8) |
Other sites | 34 | 5 (14.7) | 29 (85.3) |
PVL positivity, n (%) | |||
No Yes | 104 23 | 30 (28.8) 5 (21.7) | 74 (71.2) 18 (78.3) |