Skin and Environmental Contamination with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Carriers Identified Clinically Versus through Active Surveillance

In a prospective study involving 115 patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nares carriage, we found that skin and environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant S. aureus was as likely among individuals whose S. aureus carriage was identified only through active surveilla...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2009-05, Vol.48 (10), p.1423-1428
Main Authors: Chang, Shelley, Sethi, Ajay K., Eckstein, Brittany C., Stiefel, Usha, Cadnum, Jennifer L., Donskey, Curtis J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Carrier State - microbiology
Contamination
Disease transmission
Environmental Microbiology
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Middle Aged
Nasal Cavity - microbiology
Prospective Studies
Skin
Skin - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus infections
Studies
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Summary:In a prospective study involving 115 patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nares carriage, we found that skin and environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant S. aureus was as likely among individuals whose S. aureus carriage was identified only through active surveillance as it was among those individuals whose S. aureus carriage was identified clinically, which suggests that strategies to limit transmission must address colonized patients, as well as infected patients.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/598505