Danish experience of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus eradication with emphasis on nose–throat colonization and supplementary systemic antibiotic treatment
This study aimed to evaluate the Danish Board of Health's guidance for treating the carriage of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), focusing on nose–throat carriage and use of supplementary systemic antibiotics. The results of MRSA eradication treatment among 358 patients were an...
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Published in | The Journal of hospital infection Vol. 103; no. 4; pp. 461 - 464 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
Elsevier Ltd
01.12.2019
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Summary: | This study aimed to evaluate the Danish Board of Health's guidance for treating the carriage of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), focusing on nose–throat carriage and use of supplementary systemic antibiotics. The results of MRSA eradication treatment among 358 patients were analysed, focusing on those with nose (N=58) or throat (N=183) MRSA colonization. The Danish guidance for MRSA treatment was found to be more successful in patients with nose colonization (66%) compared with throat colonization (41%), despite the fact that the cumulative eradication rates were equal after three treatment cycles (71% vs 73%). This study found that supplementation of colonization treatment with systemic antibiotics does not have a positive effect. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Undefined-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0195-6701 1532-2939 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.09.005 |