Table 1 Characteristics of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus eligible for decolonization between January 2006 and June 2010 (n = 442)
Proportion of patients | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Patients treated | Patients not treated | P | |
(n = 268) | (n = 174) | ||
Sex | Male 142 (53) | 104 (60) | .160 |
Female 126 (47) | 70 (40) | ||
Age, mean, years ± SD | 69.09 ± 16.52 | 69 ± 17.26 | .9 |
Length of hospital stay mean, years ± SD | 48.54 ± 35.71 | 36.91 ± 32.99 | <.001 |
Type of MRSA colonization | |||
Nosocomial | 107 (39.9) | 88 (50) | .04 |
Site of colonization | |||
Nose | 147 (55) | 53 (26.5) | <.001 |
Throat | 115 (43) | 43 (25) | <.001 |
Perineum | 116 (43) | 39 (25) | <.001 |
Others | 109 (41) | 146 (84) | <.001 |
Wound | 85 (31.7) | 46 (26.4) | .2 |
Number of colonized sites | |||
Mean, no ± SD | 1.8 ± 1 | 1.6 ± 0.94 | .03 |
≥2sites | 128 (47.8) | 64 (36.8) | .02 |
Comorbidity (underlying condition) | |||
Immunosuppressive therapy | 36 (13.4) | 39 (52) | .01 |
Diabetes | 71 (65) | 38 (35) | .26 |
Urine catheter | 14 (5.2) | 6 (3.4) | .48 |
Dialysis | 11 (4.1) | 4 (2.3) | .30 |
CVC | 9 (3.3) | 10 (5.7) | .22 |
COPD | 31 (11.5) | 33 (18.9) | .003 |