NASAL AND CUTANEOUS CARRIAGE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS IN HEMODIALYSIS-PATIENTS - THE EFFECT OF NASAL MUPIROCIN

Authors
BOELAERT JR VANLANDUYT HW GORDTS BZ DEBAERE YA MESSER SA HERWALDT LA
Citation
Jr. Boelaert et al., NASAL AND CUTANEOUS CARRIAGE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS IN HEMODIALYSIS-PATIENTS - THE EFFECT OF NASAL MUPIROCIN, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 17(12), 1996, pp. 809-811
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
17
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
809 - 811
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1996)17:12<809:NACCOS>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Fifteen of 20 hemodialysis patients who carried Staphylococcus aureus in their nares also carried the organism on their hands; 2 of 20 patie nts who did not carry S aureus in their nares carried S aureus on thei r hands (P<.001). Eighty-seven percent of patients who carried S aureu s in their nares and on their hands carried the same strain at both si tes. Intranasal mupirocin eliminated S aureus from both sites.