Table 3

Incidence of acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus stratified according to Katz's index in a chronic-care centre.


A
B
C
D
E
F
G

Number of patients admitted
14
13
4
10
7
11
75
Number of acquisitionsa
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
Incidence of acquisition (%)
0
0
0
0
0
9.1
6.7

ain patients who were not carriers (screening samples) or who were not colonised/infected (clinical samples) on admission

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