Staphylococcus aureus carriage and health care-acquired infection

Autor:	Michael W. Climo, Fu-Yu Chiang
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Vancomycin resistance medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.drug_class Nosocomial transmission Nosocomial pathogens Antibiotics medicine.disease_cause Infectious Diseases Carriage Staphylococcus aureus Health care Epidemiology medicine business Intensive care medicine
Zdroj:	Current Infectious Disease Reports. 4:498-504
ISSN:	1534-3146 1523-3847
DOI:	10.1007/s11908-002-0035-x
Popis:	Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common nosocomial pathogens. Its propensity to establish prolonged carriage among hospitalized patients and increasing resistance to antibiotics makes control of this organism within the hospital difficult. High-level vancomycin resistance has now been reported in a single clinical isolate of S. aureus, emphasizing the need to increase efforts to control nosocomial spread. Knowledge of the epidemiology of S. aureus colonization among patients has shed new light on the potential difficulties in interrupting nosocomial transmission. Effective control of S. aureus within the hospital and community will require more aggressive measures that include earlier diagnosis of colonized patients, better handwashing and barrier precaution measures, and renewed efforts to eradicate the carriage state.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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