Risk Factors for Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection After Recent Discharge From an Acute-Care Hospitalization, 2011–2013
Epstein L, Mu Y, Belflower R, Scott J, Ray S, Dumyati G, Felsen C, Petit S, Yousey-Hindes K, Nadle J, Pasutti L, Lynfield R, Warnke L, Schaffner W, Leib K, Kallen AJ, Fridkin SK, Lessa FC. Risk Factors for Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection After Recent Discharge From an Acute-Care Hospitalization, 2011–2013. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 62: 45-52. PMID: 26338787, PMCID: PMC6557163, DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ777.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infectionsInvasive MRSA infectionsStaphylococcus aureus infectionCase patientsMRSA infectionRisk factorsMRSA colonizationHospital dischargeAureus infectionInvasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infectionsNursing homesInvasive devicesChronic woundsPrevention effortsAcute care hospitalizationIndependent risk factorMonths of dischargeCentral venous cathetersMedical record reviewSterile body sitesCase-control studyConditional logistic regressionEligible case patientsInvasive MRSAPostdischarge period