OUTBREAK OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS WITH A METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS STRAIN (MRSA) IN AN ORTHOPEDIC-SEPTIC CARE UNIT - MEASURES FOR ERADICATION AND FOLLOWING STUDIES OF COLONIZATION

Authors
FRUHAUF G HEUCK D TOMASCHEWSKI R WITTE W LANGER S BRETSCHNEIDER M
Citation
G. Fruhauf et al., OUTBREAK OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS WITH A METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS STRAIN (MRSA) IN AN ORTHOPEDIC-SEPTIC CARE UNIT - MEASURES FOR ERADICATION AND FOLLOWING STUDIES OF COLONIZATION, Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Ihre Grenzgebiete, 134(3), 1996, pp. 273-282
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Ihre Grenzgebiete → ACNP
ISSN journal
00443220
Volume
134
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
273 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-3220(1996)134:3<273:OONIWA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
An outbreak due to a methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strain in an orthopaedic septic care unit was observed. 17 patients developed wo und infections. Stronger regime of hygiene and chemotherapy and new te chnics of operations timed the outbreak within 5 months. Studies of co lonisation were performed at the care unit in march, june and august 1 992. 618 isolates were investigated from patients, personnel and their environment. The frequencies of detected MRSA diminished from 30% in march only to 22% in august 1992. The long time persistance of endemic MRSA in a care facility was evident from the presence of MRSA even 5 months after the last infection.