Screening for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a residence home for elderly in Germany
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- 作者：Jürgen Becker ; Roland Diel
- 关键词：MRSA ; Prevalence ; Screening ; Feasibility ; Nursing home ; health care workers
- 刊名：Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：12
- 期：1
- 全文大小：595KB
- 刊物主题：Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Public Health;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1745-6673
- 卷排序：12
文摘
BackgroundSince many hospitals report high MRSA colonization rates among elderly patients, and because it has been shown that S. aureus colonization increases with advancing age, there are concerns about the introduction of MRSA into nursing homes by MRSA positive patients discharged from hospital. So far, admission screening and subsequent longitudinal screening in residence homes or screening at time of hospital discharge is not established on a regular base. On the other hand, MRSA is acquired frequently during hospital stay. Therefore, the MRSA status of residents remains unclear at the time of re-admission to the residence home. This study was conducted to evaluate the rate of nasal MRSA carriage among residents and nursing staffs of 2 nursing homes for the elderly, the potential acquisition of MRSA during a hospital stay and the feasibility to perform direct screening tests in nursing homes for elderly.