• 1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area, Chongqing, 401121, P.R.China;
  • 2. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chengdu Seventh People’s Hospital, Chengdu, 610000, P.R.China;
  • 3. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Gui Zhou Provincial People’s Hospital, Guiyang, 550002, P.R.China;
ZHENG Juan, Email: zhengjuanlx@163.com
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Objectives To systematically review the prevalence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthy Chinese population.Methods PubMed, EMbase, WanFang Data and CNKI databases were electronically searched to collect cross-sectional studies of the prevalence of MRSA in China from inception to December 16th, 2018. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies, and then, meta-analysis was performed by using Stata 12.0 software.Results A total of 25 cross-sectional studies were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that: the pooled prevalence of MRSA in healthy population was 13.9% (95%CI 9.6% to 18.2%). The results of subgroup analysis showed that: the prevalence of MRSA in children was 16% (95%CI 8% to 24%), and that in adults (non-children) was 13% (95%CI 9% to 16%). The prevalence of MRSA in individuals with occupational livestock exposure was 28% (95%CI 5% to 51%), in medical staff it was 16% (95%CI 8% to 25%), in medical students it was 12% (95%CI 3% to 20%) and in community residents it was 5% (95%CI 2% to 8%).Conclusions The overall prevalence of MRSA in healthy Chinese population is approximately 13.9%. Effective prevention and control measures are required to reduce the spread of MRSA.

Citation: YANG Xue, LI Xiaobo, HAN Jing, XU Li, ZOU Linlin, WANG Jin, HU Zhong, ZHENG Juan. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in healthy population in China: a meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019, 19(9): 1037-1043. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201904042 Copy

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