Healthcare workersa (n = 863) | ||||||
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S. aureus | MRSA | |||||
Variables | Total number (Nb) | HCWc group (n)b | n (%) | p d | n (%) | p d |
Previous hospitalisation | 47 | 37 | 1 (2.7) | 0.17* | 0 | 1.0* |
No previous hospitalisations | 1479 | 816 | 89 (10.8) | 14 (1.7) | ||
Previous antimicrobial usee | 493 | 310 | 27 (8.7) | 0.18 | 4 (1.3) | 0.59* |
No previous antimicrobial use | 919 | 506 | 59 (11.7) | 10 (2.0) | ||
Unknown | 108 | |||||
Skin infection | 214 | 121 | 15 (12.4) | 0.47 | 3 (2.5) | 0.44* |
No skin infection | 1300 | 724 | 74 (10.2) | 11 (1.5) | ||
Chronic illnessf | 119 | 68 | 9 (13.1) | 0.44 | 0 | 0.62* |
No chronic illness | 1358 | 772 | 79 (10.2) | 14 (1.8) | ||
Nursing at homeg | 486 | 403 | 41 (10.2) | 0.73 | 7 (1.7 | 0.84 |
No nursing at home | 1025 | 449 | 49 (10.9) | 7 (1.6) | ||
Living in dormatory | 190 | 94 | 7 (7.5) | 0.30 | 0 (1.1) | 0.37* |
Not living in dormatory | 1306 | 757 | 82 (10.8) | 14 (2.7) | ||
Contact with animals h | 764 | 417 | 41 (9.8) | 0.50 | 7 (1.7) | 0.90 |
No contact with animals | 784 | 446 | 50 (11.2) | 7 (1.6) |