The value of nasal mupirocin in containing an outbreak of methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an orthopaedic unit
January 1990
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volume 15, issue 2 pp 137-142.
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An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) occurred in two adjacent orthopaedic wards following the admission of a known carrier. The outbreak was not contained by ward closure or by standard infection control measures. Eventually several nasal carriers were identified and treated with nasal mupirocin, following which the outbreak ended.
Keywords
- female
- human
- male
- orthopedics
- administration, intranasal
- mupirocin
- staphylococcal infections/prevention & control
- England
- antibiotics/administration & dosage/therapeutic use
- c ross infection/prevention & control
- disinfection/methods
- fatty acids/administration & dosage/therapeutic use
- hospital units
- methicillin/pharmacology
- penicillin resistance
- staphylococcus aureus/drug effects/isolation & purification
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- mupirocin
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- control
- infection control measures
- hospital
- staphylococcus
- infection
- methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
- measure
- journal
- carriage
- aureus
- treatment
- guideline
- casewell
- barrett
- thame
- suppressive treatment
- orthopaedic unit
