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Infection-related readmission and infection outcomes by MRSA carriage status
| Parameter | Value |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRSA carriers (n = 206) | Noncarriers (n = 198) | ||
| Infection-related readmissions [n (% of total)] | |||
| 1 | 28 (13.6) | 11 (5.6) | <0.01 |
| >1 | 13 (6.3) | 4 (2.0) | 0.03 |
| Time to readmission [n (% of readmitted)] | |||
| <90 days | 17 (41.5) | 2 (13.3) | 0.05 |
| 90 days–1 yr | 13 (31.7) | 7 (46.7) | 0.30 |
| 1–2 yr | 5 (12.2) | 4 (26.7) | 0.19 |
| >2 yr | 6 (14.6) | 2 (13.3) | 0.90 |
