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Does Nasal Colonization or Mupirocin Treatment Affect Recurrence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Skin Structure Infections?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Joseph Rahimian ,
Raymond Khan  and
Keith A. LaScalea
Joseph Rahimian
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York Medical College, New York, New York
Raymond Khan
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York Medical College, New York, New York
Keith A. LaScalea*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
*
Weill Cornell Medical College, 201 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10075 ([email protected])
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Abstract

Some patients with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and skin structure infections have experienced frequent recurrences. We performed a retrospective study and determined that the presence of nasal colonization did not affect recurrence and nasal mupirocin treatment marginally decreased recurrence

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 12 , December 2007 , pp. 1415 - 1416
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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