Prevalences of antimicrobial resistance by risk factor among 88 MRSA isolates from Penn State Hershey Medical Center admitted patients, August 2009 to February 2010.

<p>N (%) shown are for the resistant population compared to the susceptible population. Intermediates are included with resistant isolates for the SENTRY MDR definition, but are included with the susceptible population for the remainder of the categories. Race was not included due to small numbers of non-white participants (N = 6).</p>‡<p>Six case patients reported living on a farm; six reported farm occupation; two reported chicken contact, six reported cow contact; and one reported pig contact (categories non-exclusive).</p>‡‡<p>34 dogs and 22 cats.</p>*<p>Household size includes index patient.