Effectiveness of measures to eradicate Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients with community-associated skin and soft-tissue infections: a randomized trial

• Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology Vol. 32; no. 9; p. 872
• Main Authors: Fritz, Stephanie A, Camins, Bernard C, Eisenstein, Kimberly A, Fritz, Joseph M, Epplin, Emma K, Burnham, Carey-Ann, Dukes, Jonathan, Storch, Gregory A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2011
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage; Anti-Infective Agents, Local - administration & dosage; Baths; Carrier State - drug therapy; Child; Child, Preschool; Chlorhexidine - administration & dosage; Combined Modality Therapy; Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Mupirocin - administration & dosage; Nose - microbiology; Patient Compliance; Patient Education as Topic; Sodium Hypochlorite - administration & dosage; Soft Tissue Infections - drug therapy; Soft Tissue Infections - therapy; Staphylococcal Skin Infections - drug therapy; Staphylococcal Skin Infections - therapy; Staphylococcus aureus; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult

Despite a paucity of evidence, decolonization measures are prescribed for outpatients with recurrent Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection (SSTI). Compare the effectiveness of 4 regimens for eradicating S. aureus carriage. Open-label, randomized controlled trial. Colonization status a...