Post-discharge decolonization of patients harboring methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) USA300 strains: secondary analysis of the CLEAR Trial. (16th February 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gussin, Gabrielle M.; Heim, Lauren; Tjoa, Thomas; McKinnell, James A.; Miller, Loren G.; Gillen, Daniel L.; Sater, Mohamad R.A.; Grad, Yonatan H.; Singh, Raveena D.; Huang, Susan S.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 44:Number 2(2023)
• Page Start: 315
• Page End: 318
• Publication Date: 2023-02-16
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.482
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract: The CLEAR Trial recently found that decolonization reduced infections and hospitalizations in MRSA carriers in the year following hospital discharge. In this secondary analysis, we explored whether decolonization had a similar benefit in the subgroup of trial participants who harbored USA300, using two different definitions for the USA300 strain-type.