Healthcare-associated transmission of Panton-Valentine leucocidin positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the value of screening asymptomatic healthcare workers.
Panagiotis PapastergiouEleni TsiouliPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)
In low MRSA prevalence settings, healthcare workers may be a reservoir of MRSA and an important potential source of transmission to patients. Screening and decolonisation of colonised healthcare workers may provide a valuable strategy in managing linked hospital acquisitions and reduce the risk of occupationally acquired complications. MRSA mass screen of healthcare workers should be considered in transmission with a strain that has a potentially increased virulence, such as Panton-Valentine leucocidin methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Keyphrases
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- staphylococcus aureus
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- newly diagnosed
- biofilm formation
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- escherichia coli
- emergency department
- high throughput
- patient reported outcomes
- cystic fibrosis
- human health
- patient reported
- electronic health record
- social media
- candida albicans
- single cell