Elimination of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Carriage
Authors: Gregg C. Lund, David W. Green, Neel B. Ackerman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1991)

Letters1 June 1991Elimination of Staphylococcus aureus CarriageGregg C. Lund, DO, David W. Green, MD, Neel B. Ackerman Jr., MDGregg C. Lund, DOSearch for more papers by this author, David W. Green, MDSearch for more papers by this author, Neel B. Ackerman Jr., MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-114-11-990 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the Editors:Reagan and colleagues (1) have described a method to eliminateStaphylococcus aureusnasal and hand carriage. Although it appears that decreasingS. aureuscolonization is associated with a decreased incidence ofS. aureusinfections in patients on dialysis (2, 3), this phenomenon has not been well documented for a more general hospital population. Further, it would appear that factors other than specific patient population may effect this relation. For example, Muder and colleagues (4) found that the association between colonization and infection was significant only for methicillin-resistantS. aureus(MRSA), and not for methicillin-sensitiveS. aureus. In...References1. ReaganDoebbelingPfaller DBM. Elimination of coincident Staphylococcus aureus nasal and hand carriage with intranasal application of mupirocin calcium ointment. Ann Intern Med. 1991; 114:101-6. LinkGoogle Scholar2. YuGoetzWagenerSmithRibsHanchett VAMPJJ. Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and infection in patients on hemodialysis. Efficacy on antibiotic prophylaxis. N Engl J Med. 1986;315:91-6. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. BoelaertDe SmeldtDe BaereGodardMatthys JRYCE. The influence of calcium mupirocin nasal ointment on the incidence of Staphylococcus aureus infection in haemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1989;4:278-81. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. MuderBrennenWagener RCM. Methicillin-resistant staphylococcal colonization and infection in a long-term care facility. Ann Intern Med. 1991;114:107-12. LinkGoogle Scholar5. LightSutherlandCochranSutorius IJMJ. Ecological relation between Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas in a nursery population. N Engl J Med. 1968;278:1243-7. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar1. ReaganDoebbelingPfaller DBM. Elimination of coincident Staphylococcus aureus nasal and hand carriage with intranasal application of mupirocin calcium ointment. Ann Intern Med. 1991; 114:101-6. LinkGoogle Scholar2. DaviesEmmersonHoggPattersonShields EAGMM. An outbreak of infection with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a special care baby unit. J Hosp Infect. 1987;10:120-8. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Weinstein H. The relation between the nasal staphylococcal carrier state and the incidence of postoperative complications. N Engl J Med. 1959;260:1303-8. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. LuzarColesFaller MGB. Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and infection in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. N Engl J Med. 1990;322:505-9. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. CasewellHill MR. Elimination of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus with mupirocin ("pseudomonic acid")—a controlled trial. J Antimicrob Chemother. 1986;17:365-72. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: North Texas Neonatal Associates Dallas, TX 75231 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1991Volume 114, Issue 11Page: 990-991KeywordsMedical dialysisMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus aureus Issue Published: 1 June 1991 PDF DownloadLoading ...