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ArticleInfection prevention in practice2022

Meticillin-resistant

Magi Bächli, Rami Sommerstein, Carlo Casanova, Sara Droz, Marianne Küffer, Jonas Marschall

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Rate of nosocomial MRSA transmission evaluated via contact screening.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Magi BächliDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Rami SommersteinDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Carlo CasanovaInstitute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Sara DrozInstitute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Marianne KüfferInstitute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Jonas MarschallDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The optimal screening strategy in hospitals to identify secondary cases after contact with a meticillin-resistant Method: Single center, retrospective, nested case-control study. We evaluated the screening strategy in our 950 bed tertiary care hospital from 2008 - 2014. Room and ward contacts of MRSA index patients present at time of MRSA identification were screened. We compared characteristics of Results: Among 270,000 inpatients from 2008 - 2014, 215 MRSA screenings yielded 3013 contact patients, and 6 (0.2%) spa-type matched pairs. We included 225 controls for the nested case-control study. The contact type for the cases was more frequently "same room" and less frequently "same ward" compared with the controls ( Conclusion: The extensive MRSA screening strategy revealed only few index/contact matches based on spa-typing. Prolonged exposure time and a shared room were significantly associated with MRSA transmission. A targeted screening strategy may be more useful in a low prevalence setting than screening entire wards.

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PMCPMC8938870

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