Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on the acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a medical intensive care unit with methicillin-resistant S aureus endemicity

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• 作者：Jae-Seok Kim ; MD ; PhD^a ; ¹ ; Yun Kyung Chung ; MD ; PhD^b ; ¹ ; Seung Soon Lee ; MD^c ; ^{hushh93@hallym.or.kr} ; ^{hushh93@gmail.com} ; Jeong-a Lee ; MD^c ; Han-Sung Kim ; MD ; PhD^d ; Eun Young Park ; MS^a ; Kyong-sok Shin ; MD ; MPH^e ; Bog Soun Kang ; MSN ; RN^f ; Hee Jung Lee ; MSN ; RN^f ; Hyun Joo Kang ; MSN ; RN^g
• 关键词：Chlorhexidine gluconate ; baths ; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ; intensive care units
• 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：44
• 期：12
• 页码：1520-1525
• 全文大小：576 K
• 卷排序：44

文摘

Daily chlorhexidine bathing resulted in a significantly decreasing trend of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquisition rates, irrespective of increased MRSA prevalence rates in a medical intensive care unit with MRSA endemicity. There was no shift of chlorhexidine-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains during a 16-month chlorhexidine bathing period. Further determination of bactericidal activity of chlorhexidine would be needed.