Clinical infectious diseases, 2000-11, Vol.31 (5), p.1295-1299
2000
Details
- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Association between Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus Aureus and Infection in Liver Transplant Recipients
- Ist Teil von
- Clinical infectious diseases, 2000-11, Vol.31 (5), p.1295-1299
- Ort / Verlag
- Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2000
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- We reviewed the records of 87 patients who underwent liver transplantation and who were screened by use of nasal swabs on the day before surgery. Twenty-four patients harbored methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), and 8 harbored methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). MSSA infection occurred in 3 (12.5%) of 24 MSSA carriers and in 2 (3.2%) of 63 noncarriers (nonsignificant). In contrast, MRSA infection occurred more frequently in MRSA carriers (7 [87.5%] of 8) than in MRSA noncarriers (8 [10.1%] of 79; P < .001). Nasal carriage of MRSA is associated with a very high risk of MRSA infection in liver transplant recipients.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1058-4838eISSN: 1537-6591DOI: 10.1086/317469Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_72401066
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Adolescent, Adult, Bacterial diseases, Bacterial infections, Biological and medical sciences, Brief Reports, Cirrhosis, Colony Count, Microbial, DNA, Bacterial - genetics, Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, Female, Human bacterial diseases, Humans, Infections, Infectious diseases, Intensive care units, Liver, Liver Transplantation, Male, Medical sciences, Methicillin - pharmacology, Methicillin Resistance, Middle Aged, Nasal carriers, nasal cavity, Nasal Cavity - microbiology, Postoperative Complications, Predisposing factors, Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology, Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects, Staphylococcus aureus - genetics, Transplantation