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Assessment of race and sex as risk factors for colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms in six nursing homes

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: The role of demographic characteristics, such as sex and race, as risk factors for colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms, has not been established in the nursing home setting. We demonstrate significantly higher prevalence overall in male patients, and sex differences are dependent on organism of interest and body site.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.215

Authors: Kyle J. Gontjes, Kristen E. Gibson, Bonnie J. Lansing, Lona Mody, Marco Cassone

Institutions: University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Language: English

Topic: Infection Control in Healthcare

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences