MRSA on the Otolaryngological Ward
| Autor: | Tadami Kumazawa, Tadashi Iwano, Koichi Ushiro, Kaoru Kawasaki, Shugo Shiraishi, Tadashi Doi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Nasal cavity
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Mouth wash biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition Background factors bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease_cause Oral cavity Surgery Third generation cephalosporins medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Staphylococcus aureus Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica. 86:405-411 |
| ISSN: | 1884-4545 0032-6313 |
| DOI: | 10.5631/jibirin.86.405 |
| Popis: | A clinical and statistical study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was conducted on 27 patients with malignany tumor who had been on the ward for over 2 months and 27 medical personnel on the otolaryngological ward. Seven of the 27 patients (25.9%) had MRSA in the oralcavity and 2 of the medical personnel (7.4%) in the nasal cavity. Two background factors seem to be correlated to the colonization of MRSA. The reduced local host defense in the oral cavity after surgical or radiation therapy and the application of third generation cephalosporins. These patients with MRSA in the oral cavity were treated with iodine mouth wash 6 times a day for 14 days, but no reduction of MRSA was observed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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