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Table 2 Results of univariate analysis of variables related to MRSA infection

From: Assessment of risk factors related to healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection at patient admission to an intensive care unit in Japan

Variable

P-value

Age

0.053

Sex

0.151

Severe sepsis

< 0.001

Severe trauma

0.552

Open wound

< 0.001

Emergency operation

0.021

Intubation

< 0.001

CVCs

< 0.001

Antibiotics

< 0.001

Steroid

0.005

Transferred

0.485

  1. MRSA: methicillin-resistant
  2. Staphylococcus aureus; CVCs: central venous catheters.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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