Author/Editor | Mouthon, L; Mainardi, Jean-Luc | |
Title | Na vankomicin odporni enterokoki (VRE) in na meticilin odporni stafilokoki (MRSA) | |
Translated title | Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Zdrav Vars | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 36, št. 3-4 | |
Publication year | 1997 | |
Volume | str. 85-7 | |
Language | slo | |
Abstract | Methicillin-resistant Staphylooccus aureus has been responsible for major epidemics in tertiary care hospitals and also in chronic care facilities. Moreover, the existence of a pool of untreated carriers in the community, who may re-introduce the organism into the hospital at the time of admission, may complicate the control of nosocomial outbreaks. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci has had a major impact in the USA. The extensive use of vancomycin has been shown to be responsible for the emergance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci, the prevention and treatment of which represent major problems. The evaluation of the efficacy of new entibiotic combinations or new compounds is still in process. | |
Summary | Na meticilin odporni Staphiloccocus aureus je večkrat povzročitelj epidemij v kliničnih bolnišnicah in ustanovah, kjer negujejo kronično bolne. Obstoj "poola" nezdravljenih nosilcev v skupnosti, ki lahko ob sprejemu v bolnišnico mikroorganizem ponovno prenesejo v to okolje, znatno otežuje nadzor nad bolnišničnimi epidemijami. Na vankomicin odporni enterokoki so postali v ZDA pomemben problem. Za pojav odpornih sevov enterokokov je verjetno odgovorna prevelika uporaba vankomicina, preprečevanje in zdravljenje okužb z njimi pa predstavlja velik problem. Učinkovitost novih antibiotikov in kombinacij le-teh oziroma novih substanc še ni potrjena. | |
Descriptors | METHICILLIN RESISTANCE CROSS INFECTION VANCOMYCIN DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL UNITED STATES RATS DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS |