Book chapter
Elimination of Staphylococcus Aureus Carriage: Importance and Strategies
Staphylococci in Human Disease, pp.539-569
Wiley‐Blackwell
10/02/2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444308464.ch30
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Efforts to eradicate S. aureus colonization
Decolonizing patients and healthcare workers to terminate outbreaks
Decolonizing patients with furunculosis
Decolonizing surgical patients
Decolonizing hospitalized patients
Decolonizing residents of long‐term care facilities
Decolonizing patients treated with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
Mupirocin resistance
Alternative agents for decolonizing S. aureus carriers
Bathing with antiseptic solutions
Failure to decolonize carriers or recolonization of carriers
Cost‐effectiveness of nasal decolonization
Summary and conclusions
References
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Elimination of Staphylococcus Aureus Carriage: Importance and Strategies
- Creators
- Loreen A Herwaldt - University of IowaJohn M Boyce - Yale New Haven Hospital
- Contributors
- Kent B Crossley (Editor) - Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAKimberly K Jefferson (Editor) - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityGordon L Archer (Editor) - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVance G Fowler (Editor) - Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Staphylococci in Human Disease, pp.539-569
- Publisher
- Wiley‐Blackwell; Oxford, UK
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781444308464.ch30
- Number of pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/02/2009
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984359956302771
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