Author/Editor | Trampuž, Andrej | |
Title | Kakšno nevarnost predstavljajo odporne bakterije pri ambulantnih bolnikih? | |
Translated title | What threat do resistant bacteria present to outpatients? | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Zdrav Vars | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 40, št. 11-12 | |
Publication year | 2001 | |
Volume | str. 391-6 | |
Language | slo | |
Abstract | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a major nosocomial pathogen in hospitals and is increasingly important in long-term-care facilities. The epidemiology and microbiology of MRSA is reviewed. MRSA is usually introduced into an institution by a colonized or infected patient. The principal mode of transmission is via the transiently colonized hands of hospital personnel. A major reservoir is the nose of the health care workers and presents the source of endemic MRSA in health care institutions | |
Summary | Na meticilin odpomi Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) je postal eden glavnih povzročiteljev okužb v bolnišnicah in postaja vedno pomembnejši tudi v domovih za ostarele in ambulantah. V članku so predstavljeni epidemiološki podatki in opisane mikrobiološke značilnosti MRSA. Praviloma se epidemija z MRSA začne s sprejemom koloniziranega ali okuženega bolnika. Zdravstveno osebje s prehodno koloniziranimi rokami nato MRSA prenese nase in na druge bolnike. Nos osebja predstavlja glavni rezervoar in vir za endemično pojavljanje MRSA v zdravstveni ustanovi. | |
Descriptors | AMBULATORY CARE DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL ANTIBIOTICS METHICILLIN RESISTANCE CROSS INFECTION HANDWASHING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS |