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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among dental patients : a problem for infection control in dentistry?

Zimmerli, Melanie and Widmer, Andreas F. and Dangel, Marc and Filippi, Andreas and Frei, Reno and Meyer, Jürg. (2009) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among dental patients : a problem for infection control in dentistry? Clinical oral investigations, Vol. 13, H. 4. pp. 369-373.

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Abstract

We assessed the frequency of carriers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among 500 dental patients of a university clinic. From each participant, two specimens were taken from the anterior nares and the pharynx and analysed by culture. The participants completed a questionnaire on possible risk factors of MRSA infection. Two hundred ten individuals carried S. aureus, 90 in the nares only, 51 in the throat only and 69 in nares and throat. Isolates of 208 patients were methicillin-sensitive; two isolates were methicillin-resistant, both carried in the throat exclusively. In conclusion, the frequency of nasal and/or throat carriers of MRSA among dental patients was low and suggests few opportunities of exposure in the dental clinic assessed.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Zahnmedizin > Klinik Zahnärztliche Chirurgie
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Labormedizin > Klinische Mikrobiologie (Frei)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Labormedizin > Klinische Mikrobiologie (Frei)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Infektiologie > Infektiologie (Battegay M)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Infektiologie > Infektiologie (Battegay M)
UniBasel Contributors:Filippi, Andreas and Widmer, Andreas F.-X. and Frei, Reno
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:1432-6981
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:08 Jun 2012 06:30

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