Title: Nasal and Cutaneous Carriage of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in Hemodialysis Patients: The Effect of Nasal Mupirocin
Abstract: Abstract Fifteen of 20 hemodialysis patients who carried Staphylococcus aureus in their nares also carried the organism on their hands; 2 of 20 patients who did not carry S aureus in their nares carried S aureus on their hands ( P <.001). Eightyseven percent of patients who carried S aureus in their nares and on their hands carried the same strain at both sites. Intranasal mupirocin eliminated S aureus from both sites.
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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