%0 Journal Article %1 huang_risk_2003 %A Huang, Susan S %A Platt, Richard %D 2003 %J Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America %K Aged, Bacteremia, Cohort Discharge, Factors, Female, Humans, Infections, Male, Methicillin Patient Pneumonia, Recurrence, Resistance, Retrospective Risk Staphylococcal Staphylococcus Studies, aureus %N 3 %P 281--285 %R 10.1086/345955 %T Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after previous infection or colonization %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12539068 %V 36 %X Studies evaluating the risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-associated sequelae in colonized or infected inpatients have not extended follow-up into the period after discharge from the hospital. We determined the 18-month risk of MRSA infection among 209 adult patients newly identified as harboring MRSA. Twenty-nine percent of patients (60 patients) developed subsequent MRSA infections (90 infections). These infections were often severe. Twenty-eight percent of infections (25 of 90) involved bacteremia, and 56\% (50 of 90) involved pneumonia, soft tissue infection, osteomyelitis, or septic arthritis. Eighty percent of patients (48 of 60) with subsequent MRSA infection developed the infection at a new site, and 49\% of new MRSA infections (44 of 90) first became manifest after discharge from the hospital. Accurate assessment of the risk of MRSA-associated sequelae requires prolonged follow-up after discharge.

@article{huang_risk_2003, abstract = {Studies evaluating the risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus {(MRSA)-associated} sequelae in colonized or infected inpatients have not extended follow-up into the period after discharge from the hospital. We determined the 18-month risk of {MRSA} infection among 209 adult patients newly identified as harboring {MRSA.} Twenty-nine percent of patients (60 patients) developed subsequent {MRSA} infections (90 infections). These infections were often severe. Twenty-eight percent of infections (25 of 90) involved bacteremia, and 56\% (50 of 90) involved pneumonia, soft tissue infection, osteomyelitis, or septic arthritis. Eighty percent of patients (48 of 60) with subsequent {MRSA} infection developed the infection at a new site, and 49\% of new {MRSA} infections (44 of 90) first became manifest after discharge from the hospital. Accurate assessment of the risk of {MRSA-associated} sequelae requires prolonged follow-up after discharge.}, added-at = {2011-03-11T10:05:34.000+0100}, author = {Huang, Susan S and Platt, Richard}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f6a8d6b5c3abcd8d7306be9a87141c8e/jelias}, doi = {10.1086/345955}, interhash = {1ee0d27bc469885abe2784558869677e}, intrahash = {f6a8d6b5c3abcd8d7306be9a87141c8e}, issn = {1537-6591}, journal = {Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America}, keywords = {Aged, Bacteremia, Cohort Discharge, Factors, Female, Humans, Infections, Male, Methicillin Patient Pneumonia, Recurrence, Resistance, Retrospective Risk Staphylococcal Staphylococcus Studies, aureus}, month = feb, note = {{PMID:} 12539068}, number = 3, pages = {281--285}, timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:06:18.000+0100}, title = {Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after previous infection or colonization}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12539068}, volume = 36, year = 2003 }