Reduction in incidence 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. |
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Authors: | Ana Maria Sandri Micheline Gisele Dalarosa Luciana Ruschel de Alcantara Laura da Silva Elias Alexandre Prehn Zavascki |
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Institution: | Infection Control Department, Hospital S?o Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 6690 Ipiranga Avenue, Porto Alegre, RS 90610-000, Brazil. |
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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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