TABLE 3.
Factors associated with methicillin-resistant S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. pseudintermedius carriage by univariable analysisa
| Inquiry | Answer to inquiry | MRSA |
MRSP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive rateb (%) | ORc | P value | Positive rate (%) | OR | P value | ||
| Contact with MRSA-positive animal patients | Yes | 12/61 (19.7) | 6.1 | <0.01 | 5/61 (8.2) | 11.5 | <0.05 |
| No | 5/130 (3.8) | 1/130 (0.8) | |||||
| Employee | Yes | 12/65 (18.5) | 5.5 | <0.01 | 2/65 (3.1) | 0.97 | 1.0 |
| No | 5/126 (4.0) | 4/126 (3.2) | |||||
| Affiliated with the veterinary hospital | Yes | 17/155 (11.0) | <0.05 | 6/155 (3.9) | 0.6 | ||
| No | 0/36 | 0/36 | |||||
| Hospitalization or surgery within the previous year | Yes | 0/10 | 0 | 0.60 | 0/10 | 0 | 1.0 |
| No | 17/180 (9.4) | 6/180 (3.3) | |||||
| Intake of antibiotics within the previous month | Yes | 3/17 (17.6) | 2.4 | 0.18 | 0/17 | 0 | 1.0 |
| No | 14/173 (8.1) | 6/173 (3.5) | |||||
| Presence of companion animals at home | Yes | 10/96 (10.4) | 1.4 | 0.61 | 1/96 (1.0) | 0.2 | 0.11 |
| No | 7/93 (7.5) | 5/93 (5.4) | |||||
a
MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; MRSP, methicillin-resistant S. pseudintermedius.
b
The positive rate is the number of individuals positive for methicillin-resistant staphylococci/number of those who answered “yes” or “no” for each inquiry.
c
OR, odds ratio.