Results
We found 75.7% (56/74) of our participants had an MDRO-positive culture, with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, n=36, 64%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=8, 14%) being the most commonly detected organisms. Patients with MDRO-positive cultures had a greater number of annual non-pulmonary admissions [OR=1.99, 95% CI (1.21-3.29), P = 0.008], inpatient antibiotic courses [OR=1.27, 95% CI (1.07-1.50), P =0.006], total antibiotic courses [OR=1.26, 95% CI (1.08-1.48),P = 0.004], and chronic antibiotic use [OR=2.31, 95% CI (1.12-4.74),P =0.03] compared to MDRO-negative participants. Patients that acquired MDROs during the study period subsequently required increased outpatient antibiotics [P = 0.006] but did not have increased pulmonary admissions or ED visits.