Prevention of Surgical Site Infections: Decontamination With Mupirocin Based on Preoperative Screening for Staphylococcus aureus Carriers or Universal Decontamination?

Autor: Hetem, David J, Bootsma, Martin C J, Bonten, Marc J M, Sub Mathematical Modeling, Mathematical Modeling
Přispěvatelé: Sub Mathematical Modeling, Mathematical Modeling
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 62(5), 631. Univ. of Chicago Press
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 62(5), 631. Oxford University Press
ISSN: 1058-4838
Popis: Perioperative decolonization of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriers with mupirocin together with chlorhexidine body washing reduces the incidence of S. aureus surgical site infection. A targeted strategy, applied in S. aureus carriers only, is costly, and implementation may reduce effectiveness. Universal decolonization is more cost-effective but increases exposure of noncarriers to mupirocin and the risk of resistance to mupirocin in staphylococci. High-level mupirocin resistance in S. aureus can emerge through horizontal gene transfer originating from coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) and through clonal transmission. The current evidence on the occurrence of high-level mupirocin resistance in S. aureus and CoNS, in combination with the results of mathematical modeling, strongly suggests that the increased selection of high-level mupirocin resistance in CoNS does not constitute an important risk for high-level mupirocin resistance in S. aureus. Compared with a targeted strategy, universal decolonization seems associated with an equally low risk of mupirocin resistance in S. aureus.
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