Background
The best strategy for active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains unclear. We attempted to identify a risk factor score to predict MRSA
colonization at hospital admission.
Methods
Data on 9 variables reported as risk factors for MRSA colonization were analyzed,
and a risk factor score to predict MRSA colonization was generated using multivariable
logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic curve analyses. This risk
score was then prospectively validated.
Results
Four risk factors (nursing home residence, diabetes, hospitalization in the past year,
and chronic skin condition/infection) were significantly associated with MRSA colonization
(c-statistic = 0.846). A cut-off score of 8 or greater would result in screening 20%
of admissions and would detect 71% of MRSA-colonized patients. In the prospective
validation study, a cut-off score of 8 or greater required screening 21% of admissions
and detected 54% of MRSA. Nursing home residence was the best predictor of MRSA colonization.
Conclusion
A similar risk factor-based screening strategy could be used to predict MRSA colonization
in other institutions. Our data support routine screening of nursing home patients
at hospital admission.
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Published online: May 23, 2013
Footnotes
Supported by NIH/NCRR/NCATS CTSA grant number UL1 RR024150 .
The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
Conflicts of interest: None to report.
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