299Duration of Colonization with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Determinants of More Rapid Clearance of Colonization

299. Duration of Colonization with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Determinants of More Rapid Clearance of Colonization Valerie C. Cluzet, MD; Jeffrey S. Gerber, MD, PhD; Irving Nachamkin, DrPH, MPH; Joshua Metlay, MD, PhD; Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE; Kathleen G. Julian, MD; David Royer, PhD; Darren R. Linkin, MD, MSCE; Susan E. Coffin, MD, MPH; David J. Margolis, MD, PhD; Judd E. Hollander, MD; Rakesh D. Mistry, MD, MS; Laurence J. Gavin, MD; Pam Tolomeo, MPH; Jacqueleen Wise; Mary K. Wheeler, MBE; Warren Bilker, PhD; Xiaoyan Han, MS; Baofeng Hu; Neil O. Fishman, MD; Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCE; The CDC Prenvention Epicenters Program; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA; Lincoln University, Lincoln University, PA; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA