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To prevent recurrent infections due to Staphylococcus aureus, consider the following measures:
- Topical mupirocin applied to the nares.[1] In this randomized controlled trial, patients used nasal mupirocin twice daily 5 days a month for 1 year.[2] The does is about 1 centimeter of ointment on a swab applied to each nares.[3]
- Chlorhexidine baths,[4] in a randomized controlled trial, nasal recolonization with S. aureus occurred at 12 weeks in 24% of nursing home residents receiving mupirocin ointment alone (6/25) and in 15% of residents receiving mupirocin ointment plus chlorhexidine baths daily for the first three days of mupirocin treatment (4/27). Although these results did not reach statistical significance, the baths are easy to do.
References
- ↑ van Rijen M, Bonten M, Wenzel R, Kluytmans J (2008). "Mupirocin ointment for preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections in nasal carriers". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (4): CD006216. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006216.pub2. PMID 18843708.
- ↑ Raz R, Miron D, Colodner R, Staler Z, Samara Z, Keness Y (1996). "A 1-year trial of nasal mupirocin in the prevention of recurrent staphylococcal nasal colonization and skin infection". Arch Intern Med. 156 (10): 1109–12. PMID 8638999.
- ↑ Harbarth S, Dharan S, Liassine N, Herrault P, Auckenthaler R, Pittet D (1999). "Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial to evaluate the efficacy of mupirocin for eradicating carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus". Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 43 (6): 1412–6. PMC 89288. PMID 10348762. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Watanakunakorn C, Axelson C, Bota B, Stahl C (1995). "Mupirocin ointment with and without chlorhexidine baths in the eradication of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in nursing home residents". Am J Infect Control. 23 (5): 306–9. PMID 8585642.