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Duration of Colonization with Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus

Author(s) -

Ari Robicsek,

Jennifer L. Beaumont,

Lance R. Peterson

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/597296

Subject(s) - colonization , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , meticillin , micrococcaceae , confidence interval , staphylococcal infections , staphylococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics

The duration of colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is not well defined. During 1564 admissions after a clinical culture or surveillance test positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, we retested patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization. During the first year after the positive culture result was obtained, 48.8% of the patients (95% confidence interval, 45.8%-51.7%) remained colonized; at 4 years, 21.2% of the patients (95% confidence interval, 13.1%-31.4%) remained colonized.

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