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Table 4 Patient characteristics of adults and children

From: Success rates of MRSA decolonization and factors associated with failure

 

Total (n = 127)

Children (n = 35)

Adults (n = 92)

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)

  1. a Known risk factors are: previous MRSA carriage, contact with livestock, contact with MRSA positive person, hospital admission outside the Netherlands
  2. b The comorbidities mentioned below were merged together to get a larger sample size
  3. c Solid organ transplant (SOT) or dialysis
  4. d Tubing, catheters, probes, cannulas etc.
  5. e Measured counting from first visit infectious diseases consult
  6. f Travelling either to Asia, Africa, Central America or South America