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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and colonization among hospitalized prisoners.

Wright MO, Furuno JP, Venezia RA, Johnson JK, Standiford HC, Hebden JN, Hill J, Hartley DM, Harris AD, Perencevich EN

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Department of Infection Control, Evanston, IL 60201, USA. mwright@enh.org

We assessed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and colonization in hospitalized prisoners. Of 434 admission surveillance cultures, 58 (13%) were positive for MRSA. The sensitivity of admission surveillance cultures of samples from the anterior nares was 72% and increased to 84% when the calculation included cultures of wound samples. Hospitalized prisoners are at high risk for MRSA infection and colonization, and surveillance should include cultures of nares and wound samples.

Published 13 June 2007 in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(7): 877-9.
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