Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Phage-Mediated Immune Evasion and Transmission of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Humans
Table 2
Patient characteristics and presence of IEC among livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 cases and isolates, North Denmark Region, Denmark*
Patient group | No. isolates | Male:female ratio | Median age, y (range) | % IEC | No. IEC-related excess cases (% all cases) | Prevalence ratio (95% CI) | p value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients with livestock contact | |||||||
Direct contact | 727 | 3.2 | 33 (0–93) | 3.4 | Referent | Referent | Referent |
Indirect contact |
256 |
0.59 |
22 (0–91) |
6.3 |
7 (2.8) |
1.82 (0.99–3.31) |
0.068 |
Patients with CO infection |
383 |
1.0 |
52 (0–98) |
7.1 |
14 (3.6) |
2.05 (1.21–3.46) |
0.010 |
Patients with HO/HACO infection | 179 | 1.1 | 66 (0–97) | 11 | 14 (7.7) | 3.25 (1.85–5.65) | 0.0001 |
*CC, clonal complex; CO, community-onset; HACO, healthcare-associated community-onset; HO, healthcare-onset; IEC, immune evasion cluster.
1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.