Current issues of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: epidemiology, diagnostics, prevention, and therapy

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) play an important role in hospitals today. Internationally and also within individual countries, its frequency differs considerably. Apart from routine microbiological diagnostics, screening at hospital admission is considered to be of great importa...

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Published in:Chirurg 2006-06, Vol.77 (6), p.499-505
Main Author: Kappstein, I
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Cross Infection - drug therapy
Cross Infection - microbiology
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Humans
Infection Control - methods
Masks
Methicillin - pharmacology
Methicillin - therapeutic use
Methicillin Resistance
Patient Isolation
Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - prevention & control
Staphylococcal Infections - transmission
Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Surgical Wound Infection - microbiology
Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control
Time Factors
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Summary:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) play an important role in hospitals today. Internationally and also within individual countries, its frequency differs considerably. Apart from routine microbiological diagnostics, screening at hospital admission is considered to be of great importance, either to introduce infection control measures as recommended by the Robert Koch Institute, or epidemiologically whether a patient was already colonized at admission. Despite the widespread opinion that patients with MRSA must be isolated in single rooms, no scientific data support that measure in the endemic setting. On the other hand, it is broadly accepted that standard infection control practices, predominantly hand disinfection, are clearly the basic requirement for preventing the transmission of pathogens.
ISSN:0009-4722
DOI:10.1007/s00104-006-1185-4