MRSA a Greater Risk for Diabetic New Mothers

A new study in the July issue of the American Journal of Infection Control finds that women with pre-pregnancy diabetes are at a higher risk for contracting a postpartum case of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 

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The study analyzed data adjusted for factors such as age, race, hospital size, hospital teaching status and geographic region from the Nationwide Independent Sample Database.
 
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Results show that women with pre-pregnancy diabetes were 3.4 times more likely than those without diabetes to develop a case of postpartum MRSA, while those with gestational diabetes showed no increased risk of developing the infection.
 

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