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Reduction in Inddence of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection in an Intensive Care Unit: Role of Treatment With Mupirocin Ointment and Chlorhexidine Baths for Nasal Carriers of MRSA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Ana Maria Sandri ,
Micheline Gisele Dalarosa ,
Luciana Ruschel de Alcântara ,
Laura da Silva Elias  and
Alexandre Prehn Zavascki
Ana Maria Sandri
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Micheline Gisele Dalarosa
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Luciana Ruschel de Alcântara
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Laura da Silva Elias
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Alexandre Prehn Zavascki*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
*
Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Serviço de Infectologia, 6690 Ipiranga Avenue, Porto Alegre, RS 90610-000, Brazil (apzavascki@terra.com.br)
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Abstract

After the introduction of routine treatment for every nasal carrier of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, active follow-up surveillance for nosocomial methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection was conducted for 5 years in an intensive care unit of a tertiary-care teaching hospital. There was a significant decrease in the incidence of nosocomial methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection during the later years of follow-up. Decolonization of nasal carriers of methicillin-resistant S. aureus is probably associated with such findings.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 185 - 187
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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