71 Effectiveness of MRSA decolonization regimens 4 Table 2: Patient characteristics All patients with complicated MRSA colonization Patients receiving treatment with systemic antibiotics N = 177 (100%) N = 131 (100%) Male sex 82 (46) 64 (49) Age, median (IQR) 41 (12-70) 43 (13-73) Positive household member) 76 (43) 61 (47) Risk factors for colonization Immunocompromised status 17 (10) 12 (9) Chronic antibiotic use 7 (4) 7 (5) Health care worker 27 (15) 22 (17) Professional livestock contact 4 (2) 3 (2) Reason for MRSA screening prior to referral Positive household member 44 (25) 29 (22) Contact with positive person in health care facility 32 (18) 26 (20) Infection with MRSA 59 (33) 42 (32) Screening after contact livestock 2 (1) 0 Screening after foreign hospital 25 (14) 22 (17) Other 8 (5) 7 (5) Unknown 7 (4) 4 (3) Site of colonization Nose 118 (67) 88 (67) Throat 114 (64) 87 (66) Perineum 98 (55) 70 (53) Other (e.g. skin lesions, infection sites) 58 (33) 40 (31) Reason for complicated colonization Extranasal colonization 166 (94) 122 (93) Foreign material internal-external 6 (3) 2 (2) Mupirocin resistance 4 (2) 4 (3) Skin lesions 33 (19) 24 (18) Previous unsuccessful decolonization 20 (11) 14 (11) Infection during colonization MRSA infection* 65 (37) 45 (34)
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