Risk Factors for Patient Colonization w/ MRSA in a Nursing Home

Risk factors from multivariate analysis:

(1) male gender

(2) pressure sores

Additional risk factors:

(1) age > 80 years

(2) residence in nursing home for less than 6 months

(3) history of being hospitalized during the previous 6 months

(4) peripheral vascular disease

(5) therapy with corticosteroids

(6) poor condition of the skin

(7) history of antibiotic therapy during the previous 3 months

(8) mental test score <= 14 (severely impaired)

where:

• The mental test performed was not mentioned but is presumed to be the mini-mental examination (see Chapter 18).