Characteristics of nursing homes with high rates of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nursing home residents experience a large burden of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. Data are limited regarding nursing home characteristics associated with differences in facility-level invasive MRSA rates.

Methods

We analyzed 2011-2015 data from CDC's Emerging Infections Program (EIP) active population- and laboratory-based surveillance for invasive MRSA cases within seven states. A nursing home-onset case was defined as MRSA cultured from a normally sterile site in a person living in a nursing home 3 days before culture collection. Facility rates were calculated as nursing home-onset cases per 100,000 resident-days. Nursing home resident-day denominators and facility characteristics were obtained from four Centers for Medi

SUBMITTER: See I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11907741 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature