Molecular concordance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from healthcare workers and patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a significant nosocomial pathogen in the ICU. MRSA contamination of healthcare personnel (HCP) gloves and gowns after providing care to patients with MRSA occurs at a rate of 14%-16% in the ICU setting. Little is known about whether the MRSA isolates identified on HCP gown and gloves following patient care activities are the same as MRSA isolates identified as colonizing or infecting the patient.

Methods

From a multisite cohort of 388 independent patient MRSA isolates and their corresponding HCP gown and glove isolates, we selected 91 isolates pairs using a probability to proportion size (PPS) sampling method. To determine whether the patient and HCP gown or gloves isolates were genetically similar, we u

SUBMITTER: Adediran TY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10060437 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature