The Correlation between Airborne Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with the Presence of MRSA Colonized Patients in a General Intensive Care Unit
| Autor: | R. D. Wilson, Anthony S. McLean, Stephen Huang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Staphylococcus aureus
Air sampling food.ingredient Micrococcaceae Air Microbiology Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease_cause Airborne transmission law.invention Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine food law Humans Medicine Agar Infection control 030212 general & internal medicine Cross Infection Infection Control biology business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Staphylococcal Infections biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification Intensive care unit Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Intensive Care Units Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Methicillin Resistance business |
| Zdroj: | Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 32:202-209 |
| ISSN: | 1448-0271 0310-057X |
| Popis: | Air sampling directly onto a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) selective agar was performed at six locations three times weekly over a period of 32 weeks in a new, initially MRSA-free Intensive Care Unit to examine if MRSA is present in air sample cultures and, if so, whether it is affected by the number of MRSA colonized patients present. A total of 480 air samples were collected on 80 days. A total of 39/480 (8.1%) samples were found to be MRSA positive of which 24/160 (15%) positive air samples were from the single rooms, where MRSA colonised patients were isolated, and 15/320 (4.7%) were from the open bed areas. A significant correlation was found between the daily number of MRSA colonized or infected patients in the Unit and the daily number of MRSA positive air samples cultures obtained (r2=0.128; P |
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