Use of surveillance cultures and enteral vancomycin to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a paediatric intensive care unit

Clinical Microbiology and Infection ◽

10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01292.x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 35-42 ◽

Author(s):

K. Thorburn ◽

N. Taylor ◽

S.M. Saladi ◽

H.K.F. van Saene

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Paediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Paediatric Intensive Care ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

Surveillance Cultures

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Predominance of community-associated sequence type 59 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a paediatric intensive care unit

Journal of Medical Microbiology ◽

10.1099/jmm.0.000693 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 67 (3) ◽

pp. 408-414 ◽

Author(s):

Qifa Song ◽

Junhua Wu ◽

Peisen Ruan

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Paediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Sequence Type ◽

Paediatric Intensive Care ◽

Methicillin Resistant

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A control programme for MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) containment in a paediatric intensive care unit: evaluation and impact on infections caused by other micro-organisms

Journal of Hospital Infection ◽

10.1016/s0195-6701(98)90140-2 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 40 (3) ◽

pp. 225-235 ◽

Author(s):

M. Cosseron-Zerbib ◽

A.M.Roque Afonso ◽

T. Naas ◽

P. Durand ◽

L. Meyer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Paediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Control Programme ◽

Paediatric Intensive Care ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

Micro Organisms

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Comparison of the BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) PCR Assay to Culture by Use of BBL CHROMagar MRSA for Detection of MRSA in Nasal Surveillance Cultures from Intensive Care Unit Patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology ◽

10.1128/jcm.01326-09 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 1305-1309 ◽

Author(s):

J. W. Snyder ◽

G. K. Munier ◽

C. L. Johnson

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Pcr Assay ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

Surveillance Cultures

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Impact of routine intensive care unit surveillance cultures and resultant barrier precautions on hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1051528.503432 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Kenneth Thomson

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia ◽

Surveillance Cultures

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Use of Active Surveillance Cultures To Reduce the Incidence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

American Journal of Infection Control ◽

10.1016/j.ajic.2007.04.215 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 35 (5) ◽

pp. E193-E194 ◽

Author(s):

S.D. Page

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽

Active Surveillance ◽

Neonatal Intensive Care ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

Surveillance Cultures

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Use of Active Surveillance Cultures to Determine Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization and the Effect on MRSA Clinical Culture Rates in an Intensive Care Unit.

American Journal of Infection Control ◽

10.1016/j.ajic.2010.05.012 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 38 (5) ◽

pp. e129

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Active Surveillance ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

Surveillance Cultures ◽

Clinical Culture ◽

Mrsa Colonization

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The impact of active surveillance cultures in reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in a surgical intensive care unit in Singapore

BMC Proceedings ◽

10.1186/1753-6561-5-s6-p233 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 5 (S6) ◽

Author(s):

HM Oh ◽

T-Y Tan ◽

GH Chua ◽

J Li ◽

QS Meng

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Active Surveillance ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Surgical Intensive Care Unit ◽

Surgical Intensive Care ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

Surveillance Cultures ◽

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Impact of Routine Intensive Care Unit Surveillance Cultures and Resultant Barrier Precautions on Hospital-Wide Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

Yearbook of Medicine ◽

10.1016/s0084-3873(08)70054-3 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 2007 ◽

pp. 84-86

Author(s):

D.R. Snydman

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia ◽

Surveillance Cultures

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Efficacy and limitation of a chlorhexidine-based decolonization strategy in preventing transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an intensive care unit.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.2224956.1837054 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Gary Garber ◽

Gregory Rose

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Methicillin Resistant

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization is a poor predictor of intensive care unit-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections requiring antibiotic treatment.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.5604957.7992056 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Lee Fleisher ◽

Jesse Raiten

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Antibiotic Treatment ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Nasal Colonization ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

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