Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of 190 patients before and after liver transplantation undergoing screening for methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)

Male

85 (67 %)

37 (58 %)

Age (years)

 Median

53

52

 Range

19–71

17–71

Underlying diseases^a

 Cirrhosis due to hepatitis C

38 (30 %)

10 (16 %)

 Alcoholic cirrhosis

23 (18 %)

8 (12.5 %)

 Cryptogenic cirrhosis

13 (10 %)

9 (14 %)

 Auto immune hepatites

9 (7 %)

2 (3 %)

 Cirrhosis due to hepatitis B

8 (6 %)

3 (5 %)

 Sclerosing cirrhosis

5 (4 %)

1 (1.5 %)

 Primary biliary cirrhosis

4 (3 %)

1 (1.5 %)

 Secondary biliary cirrhosis

3 (2 %)

2 (3 %)

 Nash (nonalcoholoic steatohepatitis)

3 (2 %)

1 (1.5 %)

 Fulminant hepatites

-

4 (6 %)

 hepatocellular carcinoma

-

3 (5 %)

 Unknown cause

4 (3 %)

14 (22 %)

 Other^b

14 (11 %)

8 (13 %)

Site of colonization by MRSA

 Nasal only

8 (50 %)

9 (60 %)

 Groin only

2 (12.5 %)

2 (13 %)

 Nasal and groin

6 (37.5 %)

4 (27 %)