Frenay HME ,
Klokman-Houweling JM ,
Leeuwen WJ van
27 p
in Dutch
1993
Toon Nederlands
English Abstract In the Netherlands on the average 10.000 nursing home
patients are admitted to hospitals yearly. The aim of this study was to
obtain an insight in the prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) among Dutch nursing home patients. For this purpose nose
cultures were taken from 819 physically disabled nursing home patients in
seventeen nursing homes. The nursing homes were all situated in a relative
risk area for MRSA: MRSA-strains were isolated frequently in affiliated
hospitals. Risk factors for (persistent) MRSA-carriage were evaluated as
well as the age and sex of the nursing home patients. The prevalence of
MRSA turned out to be very low ; only from one nursing home patient a MRSA
strain was isolated.
