Transmission of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in the long term care facilities in Hong Kong

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 5 Comparison of MRSA spa type in the LTCFs subgroup and hospital subgroup

Spa type	MRSA in LTCFs subgroup	MRSA in hospital subgroup	p value	Odd ratio
t002	2 (1.7%)	14 (16.1%)	<0.001	0.09
t032	2 (1.7%)	5 (5.7%)	0.132	0.28
t037	2 (1.7%)	6 (6.9%)	0.070	0.23
t701	8 (6.6%)	1 (1.1%)	0.083	6.05
t1081	76 (62.8%)	51 (58.6%)	0.567	1.19
t4677	24 (19.8%)	3 (3.4%)	<0.001	6.88
Other	7 (5.8%) ^a	7 (8.0%) ^b	NA	NA
Total	121 (100%)	87 (100%)	NA	NA

Hospital subgroup, defined as hospitalized patients who were not referred from LTCFs; NA, not applicable; LTCFs, long term care facilities; LTCFs subgroup, defined as LTCF residents who had not been hospitalized in the past 12 months; ^a including spa types of t121 (2), t012 (1), t1026 (1), t1765 (1), t2536 (1), and t588 (1); ^b including spa types of t437 (2), t1250 (1), t1751 (1), t441 (1), t5413 (1), and t9377 (1).

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