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. 2006 Jun;44(6):2233-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02083-05.

Staphylococcus aureus carriage patterns and the risk of infections associated with continuous peritoneal dialysis

Jan Nouwen  1 , Jeroen Schouten, Peter Schneebergen, Susan Snijders, Jolanda Maaskant, Marjan Koolen, Alex van Belkum, Henri A Verbrugh
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Staphylococcus aureus carriage patterns and the risk of infections associated with continuous peritoneal dialysis

Jan Nouwen et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

The epidemiology and risks of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in continuous peritoneal dialysis (CPD) patients was studied in a single tertiary-care institution. On outpatient visits samples for culture were routinely taken prospectively from the CPD catheter exit site and the vestibulum nasi. Seventy-five patients with at least one culture positive for S. aureus in this period were included: 43 had genotypically identical S. aureus strains in over 80% of the cultures and were classified as persistent carriers; 32 were intermittent carriers. Persistent carriage was associated with a threefold higher risk for CPD-related infections and sixfold higher rates of vancomycin consumption compared to those for the intermittent carriers. No methicillin or vancomycin resistance was detected.

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