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Residential proximity to large numbers of swine in feeding operations is associated with increased risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at time of hospital admission in rural Iowa veterans
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Residential proximity to large numbers of swine in feeding operations is associated with increased risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at time of hospital admission in rural Iowa veterans

Margaret Carrel, Marin L Schweizer, Mary Vaughan Sarrazin, Tara C Smith and Eli N Perencevich
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.35(2), pp.190-192
02/2014
DOI: 10.1086/674860
PMID: 24442084

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Abstract

Among 1,036 patients, residential proximity within 1 mile of large swine facilities was associated with nearly double the risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization at admission (relative risk, 1.8786 [95% confidence interval, 1.0928-3.2289]; P = .0239) and, after controlling for multiple admissions and age, was associated with nearly triple the odds of MRSA colonization (odds ratio, 2.76 [95% confidence interval, 1.2728-5.9875]; P = .0101).
Animal Husbandry Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Age Factors Humans Middle Aged Risk Factors Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Male Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Young Adult Animals Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology Aged, 80 and over Swine - microbiology Adult Female Iowa - epidemiology Aged Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Veterans - statistics & numerical data Staphylococcal Infections - etiology

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