The search and destroy strategy prevents spread and long-term carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: results from the follow-up screening of a large ST22 (E-MRSA 15) outbreak in Denmark

In the aftermath of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST22 hospital outbreak, we investigated the prevalence of long-term carriage, the efficacy of MRSA decolonization treatment (DT) and the spread of MRSA to households of patients and healthcare workers (HCWs). Furthermore, we ev...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical microbiology and infection 2010-09, Vol.16 (9), p.1427-1434
Hauptverfasser:	Böcher, S., Skov, R.L., Knudsen, M.A., Guardabassi, L., Mølbak, K., Schouenborg, P., Sørum, M., Westh, H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Anus Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Carrier State - drug therapy Carrier State - epidemiology Carrier State - microbiology Cats Child Child, Preschool Chlorhexidine Colonization Denmark - epidemiology Disease Outbreaks Dogs Drug resistance E-MRSA15 outbreak environment Environmental Microbiology Female Hospitals household screening Households Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Longitudinal Studies Male Medical sciences Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Middle Aged MRSA decolonization treatment Multivariate analysis Nose Nose - microbiology pharyngeal carriage Pharynx Pharynx - microbiology Remote control ST22 Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus infections Urine Urine - microbiology Wounds and Injuries - microbiology Young Adult
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