Randomized Controlled Trial of Chlorhexidine Gluconate for Washing, Intranasal Mupirocin, and Rifampin and Doxycycline Versus No Treatment for the Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization | Zendy

Andrew E. Simor | Zendy; Emma Jane Phillips | Zendy; Allison McGeer | Zendy; Ana Konvalinka | Zendy; Mark Loeb | Zendy; H. R. Devlin | Zendy; Alexander Kiss | Zendy

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Randomized Controlled Trial of Chlorhexidine Gluconate for Washing, Intranasal Mupirocin, and Rifampin and Doxycycline Versus No Treatment for the Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization

Author(s) -

Andrew E. Simor,

Emma Jane Phillips,

Allison McGeer,

Ana Konvalinka,

Mark Loeb,

H. R. Devlin,

Alexander Kiss

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/510392

Subject(s) - medicine , mupirocin , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus aureus , doxycycline , chlorhexidine , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcal infections , nasal administration , antibacterial agent , carriage , antibiotics , micrococcaceae , virology , bacteria , pathology , dentistry , biology , genetics

Eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage may reduce the risk of MRSA infection and prevent transmission of the organism to other patients.

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