Macrolide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in cystic fibrosis patients: is there transmission to household contacts? | Zendy

Gerdien A. TramperStranders | Zendy; Cornelis K. van der Ent | Zendy; Susan A. M. Gerritsen | Zendy; André Fleer | Zendy; Jan L. L. Kimpen | Zendy; Tom F.W. Wolfs | Zendy

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Macrolide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in cystic fibrosis patients: is there transmission to household contacts?

Author(s) -

Gerdien A. TramperStranders,

Cornelis K. van der Ent,

Susan A. M. Gerritsen,

André Fleer,

Jan L. L. Kimpen,

Tom F.W. Wolfs

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm235

Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , azithromycin , colonization , cystic fibrosis , microbiology and biotechnology , transmission (telecommunications) , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , micrococcaceae , staphylococcal infections , medicine , macrolide antibiotics , antibacterial agent , antibiotics , biology , bacteria , erythromycin , engineering , genetics , electrical engineering

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are frequently colonized by macrolide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a result of maintenance macrolide therapy. As transmission of S. aureus between household contacts is common, we examined the prevalence of macrolide-resistant S. aureus colonization in CF patients on maintenance azithromycin therapy and their household contacts and compared this with the S. aureus macrolide resistance prevalence in the community.

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