Hostname: page-component-7dd5485656-k8lnt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-10-31T03:55:15.617Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Failure of Decolonization in Patients With Infections Due to Mupirocin-Resistant Strains of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christopher J. Graber  and
Brian S. Schwartz
Christopher J. Graber*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco
Brian S. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco
*
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Building 30, Box 0811, San Francisco, CA 94110 (graber_chris@hotmail.com)
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'

Information

Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , March 2008 , pp. 284
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

References

1.Rahimian, J, Khan, R, LaScalea, KA. Does nasal colonization or mupirocin treatment affect recurrence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and skin structure infections? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007;28:1415–1416.Google Scholar
2.Shastry, L, Rahimian, J, Lascher, S. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in men who have sex with men in New York City. Arch Intern Med 2007;167:854–857.Google Scholar
3.Diep, BA, Gill, SR, Chang, RF, et al.Complete genome sequence of USA300, an epidemic clone of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Lancet 2006;367:731–739.Google Scholar
4.Diep, BA, Chambers, HF, Graber, CJ, et al.Emergence of multidrug resistant community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300 in men who have sex with men (MSM). In: Proceedings of the 47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology; 2007:109. Abstract C2-178.Google Scholar