Journal article
Nasal and Cutaneous Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Hemodialysis Patients: The Effect of Nasal Mupirocin
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.17(12), pp.809-811
12/1996
DOI: 10.1017/S0195941700003568
PMID: 8985768
Abstract
AbstractFifteen of 20 hemodialysis patients who carried Staphylococcus aureus in their nares also carried the organism on their hands; 2 of 20 patients who did not carry S aureus in their nares carried S aureus on their hands (P<.001). Eightyseven percent of patients who carried S aureus in their nares and on their hands carried the same strain at both sites. Intranasal mupirocin eliminated S aureus from both sites.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Nasal and Cutaneous Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Hemodialysis Patients: The Effect of Nasal Mupirocin
- Creators
- Johan R BoelaertHerman W Van LanduytBart Z GordtsYvan A De BaereShawn A MesserLoreen A Herwaldt
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.17(12), pp.809-811
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0195941700003568
- PMID
- 8985768
- ISSN
- 0899-823X
- eISSN
- 1559-6834
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/1996
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Pathology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094611002771
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