2014, Number 2
Male patients. Is there increased susceptibility to infections by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus?
Rivas RAG, González CE, De Lira TMA, Flores SA, Fragoso MLE
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ABSTRACT
background. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus represents a public health problem at nosocomial level because it involves an increase of resource spending. In Mexico it is estimated that the frequency of nosocomial infections varies from 2.1 % to 15 %, the intensive care unit the most worrying situation and Staphylococcus aureus is the second most isolated pathogen.material and methods. This is a retrospective study based on incidence of infections caused by methicillin -resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and its relationship in infections presented in male and female patients in a hospital considered of second and third level San Luis Potosi, Mexico. For data analysis the EPI Info® V.7 and Microsoft® Excel® programs were used.
results. 80 patients from different hospital wards were included. Of the total Staphylococcus aureus isolated during the study period 71.25 % (57 ) corresponded to susceptible strains and 28.75% ( 23) were methicillin resistant . There was a relation observed between the male patients, as well as from the Men Surgery room, and the incidence of MRSA infections.
conclusions. It is important to study risk factors for hospitalized male patients, because in them there is a higher incidence of resistant strains, in order to implement solutions and proposals for reducing it.
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