Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among patients with femoral neck fractures: implication for antibiotic prophylaxis. |
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| Authors: | Jacques Merrer Georges Pisica-Donose Michel Leneveu Fran?ois Pauthier |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Public Health, Infection Control Unit, H?pital Intercommunal de Poissy/St. Germain-en-Laye, France. |
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| Abstract: | Fifteen (8.4%) of 179 patients admitted with femoral neck fractures carried MRSA. Among 96 patients admitted from their homes, only 2 (2%) were carriers, whereas 13 (15.6%) of 83 patients from nursing or residential homes or long-term-care facilities were colonized (P = .001). Routine prophylaxis with vancomycin is recommended in the latter group. |
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