For their study, researchers studied 474 patients and evaluated 11 prognostic variables that were possibly related to any acquired infections. Of these patients, 30 patients had MRSA infection and 444 patients stayed infection-free.
Researchers found intubation, existence of open wound, treatment with antibiotics and steroid administration, all occurring within 24 hours of ICU admission, as independent prognostic indicators. Specifically, the researchers found patients with intubation or open wound comprised 96.7 percent of MRSA-infected patients but only 57.4 percent of all admitted patients.
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