The Staphylococcus aureus bacteria with insensitivity for methicillin antibiotics: a search for new risk factors and renewel of the guidelines / De Staphylococcus aureus bacterie met ongevoeligheid voor meticilline antibiotica: Een zoektocht naar nieuwe risicofactoren en vernieuwing van de richtlijnen.
Completed
- Conditions
- What are the source(s), or origin(s), mode(s) of transmission and determinants of acquisition of MRSA of Unknown Origin (MUO) found in persons without presently known risk factor for MRSA carriage as defined by the current National WIP guideline?
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 600
Inclusion Criteria
MRSA send by the laboratory to the RIVM. Inclusion based on being a MUO by routine questionnaire.
Exclusion Criteria
Case with (severely) incomplete background epidemiological data.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Development of a new algorithm. Implementation of the new algorithm by the HCC’s and public health. Evaluation of the algorithm is done by comparing the rate of MRSA carriers characterized as belonging to one of the defined risk groups (including new ones), to the rate of MRSA defined as MUO. If this study identified significant risk groups and implementation of this knowledge is sufficient, the risk group rate will increase over time.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method A found difference in characteristics (phenotype, profiling, genetics) for MUO (MRSA) strains.