Author/Editor		Škerl, Marjeta
Title		Proti meticilinu odporni Staphylococcus aureus: pogostost in ukrepi v Kliničnem centru
Translated title		Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: epidemiology and control at the University medical center
Type		članek
Source		Med Razgl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 40, št. Suppl 2
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 31-6
Language		slo
Abstract		Staphylococcus aureus may be a part of the normal bacterial population, but it can also cause an infectious disease and is a major nosocomial pathogen. Although methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is not more virulent than other staphylococci, it may represent a therapeutic problem. Monitoring the incidence of MRSA in patients admitted to the University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia, has shown a rate of 0.6 cases per 100 patients. This figure includes patients who are either infected or colonized with the bacteria and acquired he pathogen either prior to or following admission to the UMC. The incidence varies among individual units. T'he measures recommended by the Infection Control Committee have led to a decline in the number of new MRSA cases.
Summary		Staphylococcus aureus je lahko del normalne bakterijske populacije, pa tudi povzročitelj okužb, pogosto bolnišničnih. Proti meticilinu odporni stafilokoki (MRSA) niso bolj virulentni kot občutljivi sevi, predstavljajo pa lahko terapevtski problem. Spremljanje pogostosti pojavljanja MRSA med bolniki Kliničnega centra je pokazalo, da ima MRSA 0,6 na 100 sprejetih bolnikov, ne glede, ali gre za okužbo ali kolonizacijo, oziroma ali je bolnik imel to bakterijo že pri sprejemu ali pa je bila pridobljena v bolnišnici. Obstajajo razlike med posameznimi enotami. Ukrepi, ki jih izvajamo in sodelovanje z oddelki se kažejo v zniževanju števila novih primerov.
Descriptors		STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS METHICILLIN RESISTANCE CROSS INFECTION HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY