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Westgeest AC, Hanssen JLJ, de Boer MGJ, Schippers EF, Lambregts MMC. Eradication of community-onset Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage: a narrative review. Clin Microbiol Infect 2024:S1198-743X(24)00009-0. [PMID: 38215977 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
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BACKGROUND Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization increases infection risk in both patients and healthy individuals. Decolonization therapy has been proven to reduce S. aureus infections, but data on the effectiveness of individual decolonization strategies in community-onset MRSA carriage are scarce. OBJECTIVES The aim of this narrative review was to summarize the evidence on strategies for the elimination of MRSA colonization in community-onset MRSA carriers. SOURCES PubMed database was searched for studies on MRSA eradication, from inception to July 2023. CONTENT Topical therapy is proven to be effective in nasal-only carriage and in temporary load reduction. Mupirocin nasal ointment in combination with chlorhexidine body wash is highly effective in nasal-only MRSA carriers in the community as well. In patients with extra-nasal colonization, addition of orally administered antibiotics likely increases success rates compared with topical therapy alone. Studies on systemic treatment of extra-nasal MRSA decolonization are subject to a high heterogeneity of antimicrobial agents, treatment duration, and control groups. The majority of evidence supports the use of a combination of topical therapy with rifampin and another antimicrobial agent. Decolonization treatment with probiotics is a promising novel non-antibiotic strategy. However, achieving long-term decolonization is more likely in countries with low MRSA prevalence, given the risk of recolonization in a context of high MRSA prevalence. IMPLICATIONS The decision to pursue community-onset MRSA eradication treatment in the individual patient should be based on the combination of the treatment objective (short-term bacterial load reduction in health care settings vs. long-term eradication in community settings), and the likelihood of successful decolonization. The latter is influenced by both individual risk factors for treatment failure, and the risk of recolonization. The addition of a combination of systemic antibiotics is rational for extra-nasal long-term decolonization. To determine the most effective systemic antimicrobial agents in MRSA decolonization, more research is needed.
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- Annette C Westgeest
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, the Netherlands
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Voo TC, Lederman Z. Justice in control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission: a fair question to ask? Monash Bioeth Rev 2021; 38:56-71. [PMID: 32285336 DOI: 10.1007/s40592-020-00109-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Active surveillance cultures and contact precautions is a strategy to control the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) within healthcare facilities. Whether to implement this strategy to routinely screen and isolate inpatients with MRSA in non-outbreak (endemic) settings, or to remove it and use standard infection control precautions only is scientifically and ethically controversial, in view of the potential adverse effects of contact precautions on patients. To support the use of standard precautions only, it has been argued that active surveillance to identify patients who are asymptomatically colonised with MRSA to place them in contact precautions is unjust or unfair to these patients in various ways. This paper will unpack and examine four distinct arguments, which are advanced from a medical ethics or quality improvement ethical framework, for why this is so. Our analysis shows that while these arguments highlight the injustice of current practices, they do not provide strong ethical reasons for justifying the removal of active surveillance and contact precautions to control MRSA transmission and infection. An implication of our arguments is that the ethical frame for evaluating prevention and control strategies for MRSA, a multi-drug resistant bacteria, should shift from healthcare to primarily public health. From a public health ethics perspective, whether a strategy is unjust, or how ethically significant its lack of fairness is, depends on assessing the evidence for its public health effectiveness and necessity in a given setting, and the extent of the harms and burdens patients with MRSA bear when they are on contact precautions, which remain matters of scientific debate or uncertainty. As an ethical consideration in the debate, the chief normative implication of justice is to provide us further reasons to revise current active surveillance-contact precautions practices, and for the need for research and interventions to minimise their potential adverse effects on patients.
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- Teck Chuan Voo
- Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Block MD11, #02-03, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore.
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- Emergency Medicine Department, Shamir Medical Center, Ashdod, Israel
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Albert E, Biksi I, Német Z, Csuka E, Kelemen B, Morvay F, Bakos Z, Bodó G, Tóth B, Collaud A, Rossano A, Perreten V. Outbreaks of a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone ST398-t011 in a Hungarian Equine Clinic: Emergence of Rifampicin and Chloramphenicol Resistance After Treatment with These Antibiotics. Microb Drug Resist 2019; 25:1219-1226. [PMID: 31066624 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2018.0384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Between July 2011 and May 2016, a total of 40 Staphylococcus aureus strains originating from 36 horses were confirmed as methicillin resistant (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA]) in a university equine clinic. An additional 10 MRSA strains from 36 samples of clinic workers were obtained in October 2017. The first equine isolate represented the sequence type ST398, spa-type t011, and SCCmec IV. This isolate was resistant to a wide spectrum of antimicrobial agents. MRSA strains with the same genotype and with very similar resistance profiles were isolated on 21 more occasions from September 2013 to September 2014. A second outbreak occurred from May 2015 until May 2016. The first isolate in this second outbreak shared the same genotype, but was additionally resistant to chloramphenicol. The second isolate from August 2015 also showed resistance to rifampicin. The clone was isolated 18 times. Most of the human isolates shared the same genotype as the isolates from horses and their resistance patterns showed only slight differences. We can conclude that the MRSA-related cases at the Department and Clinic of Equine Medicine were all nosocomial infections caused by the same clonal lineage belonging to the clonal complex 398. The clonal complex 398 of equine origin is reported for the first time in Hungary. In addition, our observation of the emergence of new resistance to antimicrobial agents within the clonal lineage after treatment with antibiotics is of concern. Strict hygiene regulations have been introduced to lower the incidence of MRSA isolation and the related clinical disease.
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- Ervin Albert
- Diagnostic Laboratory, Department and Clinic of Production Animal Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary
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- Diagnostic Laboratory, Department and Clinic of Production Animal Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary
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- Diagnostic Laboratory, Department and Clinic of Production Animal Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary
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- Diagnostic Laboratory, Department and Clinic of Production Animal Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary
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- Diagnostic Laboratory, Department and Clinic of Production Animal Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary
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- Department and Clinic of Equine Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary
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- Department and Clinic of Equine Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary
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- Department and Clinic of Equine Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary
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- Department and Clinic of Equine Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary
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- Vetsuisse Faculty, Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Vetsuisse Faculty, Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Vetsuisse Faculty, Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Comparison of community- and healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates at a Chinese tertiary hospital, 2012-2017. Sci Rep 2018; 8:17916. [PMID: 30559468 PMCID: PMC6297250 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36206-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The transmission between community-associated (CA-) and healthcare-associated (HA-) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has increased the challenge of infection control. To understand the clonal evolution and transmission of MRSA isolates, we compared the characteristics of 175 CA-MRSA and 660 HA-MRSA strains at a Chinese tertiary hospital in 2012–2017. Antibiotic susceptibility was performed on VITEK system, the genetic background of the isolates was characterized by SCCmec, spa, and MLST typing, while virulence determinants were screened using conventional PCR. Although more than 70% of the CA-MRSA isolates were erythromycin and clindamycin resistant, CA-MRSA was more susceptible than HA-MRSA to most of the antibiotics tested. ST239-MRSA-III-t030 (30%) was the most prevalent clone among HA-MRSA, while ST59-MRSA-IVa-t437 (28.8%) was the major clone among CA-MRSA. Notably, ST59-MRSA-IVa-t437 accounted for 6.7% of the chosen HA-MRSA isolates. Additionally, difference in virulence gene content was found between the CA- and HA-MRSA strains. In conclusion, epidemiological characteristics were largely different between CA- and HA-MRSA. Although ST239-MRSA-III-t030 is still the predominant clone among HA-MRSA, the community clone ST59-MRSA-IVa-t437 has the potential of becoming an essential part of HA-MRSA in the region tested.
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Current methodologies on genotyping for nosocomial pathogen methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Microb Pathog 2017; 107:17-28. [PMID: 28284852 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a common pathogen in hospitals and the community. As the rapid spread and wide distribution of antimicrobial resistance (such as MRSA), treatment for infectious diseases caused by microorganisms has become a vital threat. Thus, early identification and genotyping are essential for further therapeutic treatment and the control of rapid expansion of MRSA. In combination with applications and data feedbacks, this review focused on the currently available molecular-based assays on their utility and performance for rapid typing of MRSA, especially on effective molecular-based methods. Besides, a common mobile element SCCmec and prevalence of HA-MRSA, LA-MRSA and CA-MRSA were introduced in this review in order to provide a more complete profile of MRSA.
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Hogan B, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Al-Emran H, Dekker D, Hahn A, Jaeger A, Poppert S, Frickmann H, Hagen RM, Micheel V, Crusius S, Heriniaina JN, Rakotondrainiarivelo JP, Razafindrabe T, May J, Schwarz NG. Prevalence of nasal colonisation by methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among healthcare workers and students in Madagascar. BMC Infect Dis 2016; 16:420. [PMID: 27526771 PMCID: PMC4986198 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1733-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones pose a significant threat to hospitalised patients because the bacteria can be transmitted by asymptomatic carriers within healthcare facilities. To date, nothing is known about the prevalence of S. aureus and MRSA among healthcare workers in Madagascar. The objective of our study was to examine the prevalence and clonal epidemiology of nasal S. aureus and MRSA among healthcare workers and non-medical University students in Antananarivo, Madagascar. METHODS This cross sectional study screened nasal swabs taken from students and healthcare workers for S. aureus. Multiplex PCR was performed to identify S. aureus-specific (nuc), MRSA-specific mecA and mecC genes, Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) (lukF-PV), and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) specific genes in methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) and MRSA isolates. Staphylococcus protein A gene (spa) typing was performed for all confirmed MRSA isolates. The frequency distribution of nasal S. aureus and MRSA of healthcare workers and non-medical students was compared using Pearson's χ(2) test. RESULTS Of 1548 nasal swabs tested, 171 (11 %) were positive for S. aureus; 20 (1.3 %) of these isolates were identified as MRSA. S. aureus was detected in 91 of 863 healthcare workers (10.4 %) and in 80 (11.8 %) of 685 students; however, 14 (1.5 %) healthcare workers carried MRSA compared with six (0.9 %) students. Nasal carriage of S. aureus and MRSA was more prevalent in women than in men, and 21 (11.7 %) S. aureus isolates were PVL-positive and 36 (21 %) were TSST-1 positive. The mecC gene was not detected in any isolates. Five different spa types were identified, with spa type t186 being the predominant MRSA clone (16/20). CONCLUSION The results of the present study reveal a low frequency of S. aureus and MRSA nasal carriage in both students and healthcare workers from Antananarivo, Madagascar. The predominant MRSA clone (t186) was previously described in hospitalised patients in Madagascar.
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- Benedikt Hogan
- Research Group Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Group Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Group Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Group Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Group Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, German Armed Forces Hospital of Hamburg, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Rostock, Schillingallee 70, D-18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, German Armed Forces Hospital of Hamburg, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, German Armed Forces Hospital of Hamburg, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Rostock, Schillingallee 70, D-18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Antananarivo, B.P. 175, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Antananarivo, B.P. 175, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Research Group Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Group Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
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Micheel V, Hogan B, Köller T, Warnke P, Crusius S, Hinz R, Hagen RM, Schwarz NG, Frickmann H. Screening agars for MRSA: evaluation of a stepwise diagnostic approach with two different selective agars for the screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Mil Med Res 2015. [PMID: 26199735 PMCID: PMC4509703 DOI: 10.1186/s40779-015-0046-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) poses a hygiene risk that does not spare field hospitals or military medical field camps during military deployments. Diagnostic options for unambiguously identifying MRSA isolates are usually scarce in military environments. In this study, we assessed the stepwise application of two different selective agars for the specific identification of MRSA in screening analyses. METHODS Nasal swabs from 1541 volunteers were subjected to thioglycollate broth enrichment and subsequently screened on CHROMagar MRSA selective agar for the identification of MRSA. The MRSA identity of suspicious-looking colonies was confirmed afterwards or excluded by another selective agar, chromID MRSA. All isolates from the selective agars with MRSA-specific colony morphology were identified by biochemical methods and mass spectrometry. RESULTS The initial CHROMagar MRSA screening identified suspicious colonies in 36 out of 1541 samples. A total of 25 of these 36 isolates showed MRSA-like growth on chromID agar. Out of these 25 isolates, 24 were confirmed as MRSA, while one isolate was identified as Staphylococcus kloosii. From the 11 strains that did not show suspicious growth on chromID agar, 3 were methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA, with one instance of co-colonization with Corynebacterium spp.), 2 were confirmed as MRSA (with 1 instance of co-colonization with MSSA), 2 were lost during passaging and could not be re-cultured, one could not be identified by the applied approaches, and the remaining 3 strains were identified as Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Staphylococcus hominis (co-colonized with Macrococcus caseolyticus) and Staphylococcus cohnii, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The application of the selective agar CHROMagar MRSA alone proved to be too non-specific to allow for a reliable diagnosis of the presence of MRSA. The combined use of two selective agars in a stepwise approach reduced this non-specificity with an acceptably low loss of sensitivity. Accordingly, such a stepwise screening approach might be an option for resource-restricted military medical field camps.
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- Volker Micheel
- Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, German Armed Forces Hospital of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, German Armed Forces Hospital of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, German Armed Forces Hospital of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, German Armed Forces Hospital of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,Institute for Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Ruhnke M, Arnold R, Gastmeier P. Infection control issues in patients with haematological malignancies in the era of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Lancet Oncol 2014; 15:e606-e619. [PMID: 25456379 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(14)70344-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Drug-resistant Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria are now increasingly identified as a cause of infections in immunocompromised hosts. Bacteria identified include the multidrug-resistant (MDR) and even pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as well as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae spp. The threat from MDR pathogens has been well-documented in the past decade with warnings about the consequences of inappropriate use of antimicrobial drugs. Resistant bacteria can substantially complicate the treatment of infections in critically ill patients and can have a substantial effect on mortality. Inappropriate antimicrobial treatment can affect morbidity, mortality, and overall health-care costs. Evidence-based data for prevention and control of MDR pathogen infections in haematology are scarce. Although not yet established a bundle of infection control and prevention measures with an anti-infective stewardship programme is an important strategy in infection control, diagnosis, and antibiotic selection with optimum regimens to ensure a successful outcome for patients.
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- Markus Ruhnke
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Paracelsus-Hospital Osnabrück, Germany.
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- Medical Department, Division of Haematology, Oncology and Tumour Immunology, Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum, Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Medical Department, Division of Haematology, Oncology and Tumour Immunology, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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Moore G, Dunnill CW, Wilson APR. The effect of glove material upon the transfer of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to and from a gloved hand. Am J Infect Control 2013; 41:19-23. [PMID: 22981164 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2011] [Revised: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although disposable gloves can protect the hands of a health care worker from acquiring bacteria, during patient care the glove surface itself can become heavily contaminated making cross transmission via contaminated gloved hands likely. The aim of this study was to determine whether the type of glove worn by health care workers could influence the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). METHODS Laboratory studies were conducted to assess the ease with which MRSA was transferred between different types of glove and surfaces likely to be found within the ward environment. RESULTS In the absence of simulated body fluid, mean bacterial transfer to and from the different gloves ranged from 0.1% to 16% and from 0.01% to 19.5%, respectively. Glove material and glove hydrophobicity were identified as the 2 most important factors influencing bacterial transfer. Nitrile gloves were associated with the lowest transfer rates. The highest numbers of bacteria were transferred to and from the most hydrophilic and most hydrophobic glove, respectively. The adsorption of simulated body fluids altered the physiochemical properties of the gloves. Bacterial transfer significantly increased and was similar to and from all glove types. CONCLUSION Disposable glove type can affect cross-contamination rates among patient, health care worker, and environment. Nonetheless, choice of glove should be considered less important than the correct use of gloves and proper hand hygiene.
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- Ginny Moore
- Clinical Microbiology and Virology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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Green BN, Johnson CD, Egan JT, Rosenthal M, Griffith EA, Evans MW. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an overview for manual therapists(). J Chiropr Med 2012; 11:64-76. [PMID: 22942844 PMCID: PMC3315869 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcm.2011.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2011] [Revised: 11/30/2011] [Accepted: 12/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is associated with difficult-to-treat infections and high levels of morbidity. Manual practitioners work in environments where MRSA is a common acquired infection. The purpose of this review is to provide a practical overview of MRSA as it applies to the manual therapy professions (eg, physical and occupational therapy, athletic training, chiropractic, osteopathy, massage, sports medicine) and to discuss how to identify and prevent MRSA infections in manual therapy work environments. METHODS PubMed and CINAHL were searched from the beginning of their respective indexing years through June 2011 using the search terms MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and Staphylococcus aureus. Texts and authoritative Web sites were also reviewed. Pertinent articles from the authors' libraries were included if they were not already identified in the literature search. Articles were included if they were applicable to ambulatory health care environments in which manual therapists work or if the content of the article related to the clinical management of MRSA. RESULTS Following information extraction, 95 citations were included in this review, to include 76 peer-reviewed journal articles, 16 government Web sites, and 3 textbooks. Information was organized into 10 clinically relevant categories for presentation. Information was organized into the following clinically relevant categories: microbiology, development of MRSA, risk factors for infection, clinical presentation, diagnostic tests, screening tests, reporting, treatment, prevention for patients and athletes, and prevention for health care workers. CONCLUSION Methicillin-resistant S aureus is a health risk in the community and to patients and athletes treated by manual therapists. Manual practitioners can play an essential role in recognizing MRSA infections and helping to control its transmission in the health care environment and the community. Essential methods for protecting patients and health care workers include being aware of presenting signs, patient education, and using appropriate hand and clinic hygiene.
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- Bart N. Green
- Chiropractor, Chiropractic Division, Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
- Associate Editor, Publications Department, National University of Health Sciences, Lombard, IL
- Graduate Student, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
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- Graduate Student, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
- Professor and Editor-in-Chief, Publications Department, National University of Health Sciences, Lombard, IL
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- Graduate Student, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
- Chief of Staff, Campus Health Center and Assistant Professor, New York Chiropractic College, Seneca Falls, NY
- Consultant, Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY
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- Department Head, Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
- Associate Professor, Rocky Mountain University of the Health Professions, Provo, UT
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- Emergency Medicine Staff Physician, Emergency Department, Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, Twentynine Palms, CA
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Sieber S, Gerber V, Jandova V, Rossano A, Evison JM, Perreten V. Evolution of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in horses and colonized personnel in an equine clinic between 2005 and 2010. Microb Drug Resist 2012; 17:471-8. [PMID: 21875361 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2010.0188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A total of 70 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from postoperative infections in hospitalized horses were isolated between January 2005 and January 2011. Among them, 12 isolates were methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA), 18 were borderline-oxacillin-resistant S. aureus (BORSA), and 40 were methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). During the same period, the equine clinic personnel were screened for nasal carriage of BORSA and MRSA. Genotyping revealed that BORSA ST1(MLST)-t2863(spa) isolates were responsible for most equine infections and were the main isolates found in colonized members of the personnel between 2005 and 2007, and that in 2007, MRSA ST398-t011-IVa(SCCmec) emerged in infection sites and personnel, replacing BORSA. Besides decreased susceptibility to oxacillin, all MRSA and BORSA of these two major clonal lineages displayed resistance to gentamicin and kanamycin conferred by the aac(6')-Ie-aph(2')-Ia gene and to trimethoprim conferred by dfr(K) in MRSA and dfr(A) in BORSA. All MRSA had additional resistance to tetracycline conferred by tet(M), whereas BORSA generally also display resistance to streptomycin conferred by str. The number of hospital-acquired MRSA infections in horses could be limited after the introduction of basic hygiene measures and personnel decolonization. Two MRSA carriers could not be decolonized using mupirocin, and a year after decolonization, additional members were recolonized with MRSA. Hygiene measures should, therefore, be maintained to limit the transmission of S. aureus between personnel and horses.
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- Sandra Sieber
- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Studying the transmission dynamics of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Hong Kong using spa typing. J Hosp Infect 2011; 79:206-10. [PMID: 21641082 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2010] [Accepted: 03/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This study investigated the transmission dynamics of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a tertiary referral surgical unit with 300 beds. All adult patients were actively screened for MRSA by culture at hospital admission and twice weekly thereafter during hospitalisation from 1 October to 31 December 2008. The colonisation pressure per 1000 patient-days and the incidence density of nosocomial MRSA transmission per 1000 colonisation-days were calculated for the different spa types of MRSA. In total, 6619 nasal swabs were obtained from 2289 patients. One-hundred and forty-eight (7%) patients had MRSA in nasal swabs at admission screening, of which 68/148 (46%) were residents of elderly care homes. Fifty-two of 2141 (2%) patients had conversion of nasal MRSA carriage status from negative to positive during hospitalisation. Among the 200 patients with MRSA, spa types t1081 and t037 were found in 99 (50%) and 30 (15%) patients, respectively. The colonisation pressure per 1000 patient-days was 40.9 for t0181, 22.2 for t037 and 26.3 for the less common spa types. The incidence densities of nosocomial MRSA transmission per 1000 colonisation-days were significantly higher for t1081 (28.5 vs 4.0, P<0.01) and t037 (21.5 vs 4.0, P=0.03) compared with the less common spa types. Proactive screening of MRSA in patients from elderly care homes and targeted isolation of these patients, especially those carrying spa types with high transmissibility, are important for the control of MRSA in hospitals.
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Schweickert B, Geffers C, Farragher T, Gastmeier P, Behnke M, Eckmanns T, Schwab F. The MRSA-import in ICUs is an important predictor for the occurrence of nosocomial MRSA cases. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17:901-6. [PMID: 20977541 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03409.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Role of overcrowding in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission: Bayesian network analysis for a single public hospital. J Hosp Infect 2011; 78:92-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Accepted: 01/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): screening and decolonisation. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2011; 37:195-201. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 10/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ghaznavi-Rad E, Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam H, Shamsudin MN, Hamat RA, Sekawi Z, Aziz MN, Tavakol M, van Belkum A, Neela V. Environmental contamination in the hospital as a possible source for nosocomial infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010; 31:1302-3. [PMID: 21028965 DOI: 10.1086/657587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Ehsanollah Ghaznavi-Rad
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor
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Motamedi H, Mirzabeigi H, Shirali T. Determining of antibiotic resistance profile in Staphylococcus aureus isolates. ASIAN PAC J TROP MED 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1995-7645(10)60176-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Nourbakhsh A, Papafragkou S, Dever LL, Capo J, Tan V. Stratification of the risk factors of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hand infection. J Hand Surg Am 2010; 35:1135-41. [PMID: 20610059 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2009] [Revised: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 03/22/2010] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE Several recent studies showed an increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) hand infections. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of community-acquired MRSA hand infections in an urban setting and to determine independent risk factors for such infections. METHODS A retrospective chart review of patients with hand infections was performed from 2002 to 2009. Those with community-acquired hand infections who had surgical irrigation and debridement and intraoperative culture were entered into the study. Patient demographics-including age and gender; mechanism of injury; infection risk factors (diabetes, chronic hepatitis, intravenous intravenousdrug use, and immune-compromised conditions); place of residence/housing status; history of hospitalization, prior antibiotics use and surgery; and culture results, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, and white blood cell count-were extracted from the medical records. Regression analyses were performed to identify significant risk factors for MRSA infection. RESULTS A total of 102 patients met our inclusion criteria. The MRSA organism was identified in 32 patients. In the analysis of all the potential risk factors, only intravenous drug use showed significant correlation with MRSA infection. CONCLUSIONS In our patients, only intravenous drug use correlated with community-acquired MRSA hand infections. Patient education about intravenous drug use and empiric treatment with MRSA-appropriate antibiotics for intravenous drug users presenting with hand infections are recommended. TYPE OF STUDY/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Prognostic IV.
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- Ali Nourbakhsh
- Department of Orthopedics, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Bertrand X. Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus: an ever emerging threat. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.2217/thy.10.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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