TABLE 2.
Risk Factors for Skin and Soft-Tissue Infection (SSTI)
| Variable | MRSA SSTI (n = 290) |
MSSA SSTI (n = 218) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Within the past year | |||
| Admitted to a hospital | 14 (6) | 6 (3) | .26 |
| Worked at a hospital or nursing home | 7 (3) | 6 (3) | .76 |
| Lived with someone admitted to/worked in a hospital/nursing home | 51 (21) | 35 (20) | .78 |
| Known or suspected SSTI/MRSA infection | 25 (10) | 12 (7) | .22 |
| Prescribed an antibiotic in the past 6 months | 59 (24) | 30 (17) | .07 |
| Contact with a person with a skin infection/MRSA infectiona | 14 (6) | 6 (3) | .26 |
| Since arriving at Fort Benning | |||
| Personal history of a skin infection/MRSA infection | 35 (14) | 21 (12) | .46 |
| Had contact with a person with a skin infection/MRSA infection | 111 (46) | 58 (33) | <.01 |
NOTE. Data are no. (%) of participants, unless otherwise indicated. MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus.
a
In the previous 3 months before arrival.