Journal article
Reduction of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and infection in dialysis patients
The Journal of hospital infection, Vol.40(40), pp.S13-S23
1998
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(98)90200-6
PMID: 9777529
Abstract
Numerous studies conducted in different countries and in different populations of patients on dialysis have consistently documented that a large proportion of such patients carry
Staphylococcus aureus in their nares and that the risk of them becoming infected with their own strains is quite high. Furthermore,
S. aureus infections can cause considerable morbidity and mortality in these patients. Thus, decolonization of the nares may prevent
S. aureus infections and the attendant complications. The published data that support the use of rifampicin, intranasal mupirocin and povidone—iodine to prevent
S. aureus infections in patients on dialysis are reviewed in detail.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Reduction of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and infection in dialysis patients
- Creators
- L.A Herwaldt - University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of hospital infection, Vol.40(40), pp.S13-S23
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0195-6701(98)90200-6
- PMID
- 9777529
- ISSN
- 0195-6701
- eISSN
- 1532-2939
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1998
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094582802771
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