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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Swanston, William H.
Afiliação
  • Swanston, William H; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. Faculty of Medical Sciences
West Indian med. j ; 48(1): 20-2, Mar. 1999.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-1328
Biblioteca responsável: JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
The prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at the General Hospital, Port-of-Spain, between June 1995 and May 1996 was determined. The MRSA prevalence rate was 4.6 percent of all S aureus isolates, with all but one nosocomially acquired. 15 isolates were associated with infections, and three were colonizing strains. 17 of the 18 patients with MRSA had received antibiotics previously, including 13 who had received multiple antibiotics. Skin and soft tissue were the sites of infection and colonization in 12 cases; and surgical wards and the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) accounted for 16 MRSA isolates. All isolates were sensitive to vancomycin and all but one were resistant to gentamicin. MRSA occurred sporadically in a wide distribution of wards and physicians' services, although the isolation of three strains from the ICU and three strains from a surgical ward were temporally related. Only one of two deaths was attributable to MRSA. Control of the spread of MRSA in this hospital must include the reinforcement of the appropriate use of antibiotics, hand washing and appropriate isolation of patients in the surgical and intensive care wards.(Au)
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Contexto em Saúde: ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar Problema de saúde: Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Infecções Estafilocócicas / Staphylococcus aureus / Resistência a Meticilina Tipo de estudo: Estudo de prevalência / Fatores de risco Limite: Humanos País/Região como assunto: Caribe Inglês / Trinidad e Tobago Idioma: Inglês Revista: West Indian med. j Ano de publicação: 1999 Tipo de documento: Artigo
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Contexto em Saúde: ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar Problema de saúde: Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Infecções Estafilocócicas / Staphylococcus aureus / Resistência a Meticilina Tipo de estudo: Estudo de prevalência / Fatores de risco Limite: Humanos País/Região como assunto: Caribe Inglês / Trinidad e Tobago Idioma: Inglês Revista: West Indian med. j Ano de publicação: 1999 Tipo de documento: Artigo
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