| Literature DB >> 9949963 |
J W Jones1, A Carter, P Ewings, P J O'Boyle.
Abstract
An outbreak of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) involving 88 patients in a general urology ward is described. Symptomatic bacteraemia and epididymo-orchitis occurred in 10 and 8% of patients respectively. Patients had a particularly high risk of acquiring serious MRSA infection after endoscopic neodymium yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd:YAG) laser treatment of the prostate. Appreciation of the mode of transmission of MRSA, a programme of continuing education for all medical and nursing staff, simple changes in ward protocol and advances in surgical laser technique contributed to the control of the outbreak.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID： 9949963 DOI： 10.1016/s0195-6701(99)90035-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hosp Infect ISSN： 0195-6701 Impact factor: 3.926