TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of MRSA ST398 carriage in nursing home residents in an area of Spain with a high density of pig farming
AU - Reynaga, Esteban
AU - Torres, Carmen
AU - Garcia-Nuñez, Marian
AU - Navarro, Marian
AU - Vilamala, Anna
AU - Puigoriol, Emma
AU - Enrico Lucchetti, Gianni
AU - Nunes, Daniella
AU - Silva, Adriana
AU - Sabrià, Miquel
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - © 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. MRSA nasal carriage was detected in 15.7% of 204 residents from 6 nursing homes (NHs) in the Osona region (Barcelona, Spain), and the MRSA-ST398 lineage was identified in 15.6% of MRSA-positive residents and in 2.5% of all NH residents evaluated. Most MRSA-ST398 carriers (4 of 5) had direct or indirect contact with pig farms.
AB - © 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. MRSA nasal carriage was detected in 15.7% of 204 residents from 6 nursing homes (NHs) in the Osona region (Barcelona, Spain), and the MRSA-ST398 lineage was identified in 15.6% of MRSA-positive residents and in 2.5% of all NH residents evaluated. Most MRSA-ST398 carriers (4 of 5) had direct or indirect contact with pig farms.
U2 - 10.1017/ice.2017.244
DO - 10.1017/ice.2017.244
M3 - Article
C2 - 29202897
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 39
SP - 90
EP - 93
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 1
ER -