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datestamp: 2011-11-10 19:35:53
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type: thesis_degree
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contact_email: jlucado06@gmail.com
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creators_name: Lucado, Jennifer Lynn
creators_email: jlucado06@gmail.com
title: An Assessment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outside Hospital Settings in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
ispublished: unpub
divisions: sch_gsph_infectiousdiseasesmicrobiology
full_text_status: public
keywords:  antibiotic resistance; CA-MRSA; community-associated MRSA; HA-MRSA; nosocomial infection; risk factors of MRSA; epidemiology of MRSA; MRSA
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an infectious disease that has been a cause of nosocomial infections since the 1960s, but has more recently become an emergent disease in community settings. MRSA infections that develop outside hospitals have been associated with risk factors such as young age, recent antibiotic use, recent contact with health care, and dermatological conditions. To provide descriptive epidemiological data and evaluate potential risk factors, we undertook a case-control study of Allegheny County residents with laboratory-confirmed MRSA and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) cultures from January through August of 2007. A random sample of each group was contacted and interviewed using a standardized questionnaire. Comparing 54 MRSA culture-positive residents to 50 MSSA culture-positive residents, we found that having a reported self history of MRSA (p<.001), having a household member or self recently having been in the hospital (p=.041), and having a household member or self recently having been in a community living setting (p=.032) were significant risks of having a positive MRSA culture. These findings have public health significance because as a greater number of people become infected or colonized by MRSA, the reservoir in the community will continue to grow, resulting in a greater number of infections and increased morbidity and mortality from the disease.
date: 2008-06-27
date_type: completed
institution: University of Pittsburgh
refereed: TRUE
etdcommittee_type: committee_chair
etdcommittee_type: committee_member
etdcommittee_type: committee_member
etdcommittee_name: Kingsley, Lawrence A
etdcommittee_name: Beatty, Rodger L
etdcommittee_name: Anderson, Stewart J
etdcommittee_email: kingsley@pitt.edu
etdcommittee_email: rodger@stophiv.pitt.edu
etdcommittee_email: sja@nsabp.pitt.edu
etdcommittee_id: KINGSLEY
etdcommittee_id: 
etdcommittee_id: SJA
etd_defense_date: 2008-04-11
etd_approval_date: 2008-06-27
etd_submission_date: 2008-04-11
etd_access_restriction: immediate
etd_patent_pending: FALSE
assigned_doi: doi:10.5195/pitt.etd.2011.7011
thesis_type: thesis
degree: MPH
committee: Lawrence A. Kingsley (kingsley@pitt.edu) - Committee Chair
committee: Rodger L. Beatty (rodger@stophiv.pitt.edu) - Committee Member
committee: Stewart J. Anderson (sja@nsabp.pitt.edu) - Committee Member
etdurn: etd-04112008-123143
other_id: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04112008-123143/
other_id: etd-04112008-123143
citation:   Lucado, Jennifer Lynn  (2008) An Assessment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outside Hospital Settings in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.    (Unpublished)  
document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/7011/1/lucadojenniferl_etd2008.pdf