Elimination of Staphylococcus aureus in Hemodialysis Patients

摘要: Staphylococcus aureus infection and its complications are of great concern in the care hemodialysis patients. Nasal contamination with S. seems to be main source cutaneous contamination. The decontamination recontamination skin patients after using mupirocin nasal ointment was followed a placebo control study. After 10 days therapy ointment, 25 33 (73%) were free nares (control subjects 2 21, 10%). At same time, prevalence positive cultures for decreased from 30 (90%) 11 (33%) However, during ensuing 130 days, 14 (58%) negative became recontaminated, while recontaminated 22 (50%) In original lysotype documented by specific phage reaction. Four fourteen had new lysotype. Mupirocin eradicated transiently 75% but continuously only (30%)