Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition in healthcare workers with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with cystic fibrosis (CF) may work in healthcare settings risking nosocomial pathogen acquisition. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in adult healthcare workers with CF (HCWcf).

Methods

Data was collected in this observational study on MRSA acquisition from 405 CF patients attending an adult CF centre in Australia between 2001-2012. Demographic and clinical characteristics were compared between HCWcf and non-HCWcf. A sub-analysis was subsequently performed to compare demographic and clinical characteristics between those patients (HCWcf versus non-HCWcf) that acquired MRSA. We also investigated rates of chronic MRSA infection and the outcome of eradication treatment in HCWcf.

SUBMITTER: Wood ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4865022 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature