総合病院歯科おけるメチシリン耐性黄色ブドウ球菌のスクリーニングについて

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The isolation rates of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from clinical samples have increased in recent years. MRSA is toxic and few antibiotics are effective against the infection. Outbreaks of MRSA are nosocomial infections. The carriers of MRSA have more often been detected in inpatients than outpatients. Staphylococcus aureus exists in nasal and oral mucosa as normal bacterial flora. The patients with various basal diseases can be frequently detected having MRSA in the pharyngo-oral area.<BR>The purposes of this study were to investigate the state of MRSA detector in Tokyo Kosei-Nenkin Hospital from November 1989 to May 1990 and to screen the hospitalized patients who consulted our clinic from July to November 1990 for oral MRSA.<BR>MRSA was isolated from 66.7% of staphylococcus aureus specimens from inpatients and from 22.3% of the specimens from outpatients. Six cases were carriers of MRSA, as revealed by the results of swab examination of 100 hospitalized patients. Indeed, it is possible that MRSA infection spreads from these patients to other patients through dental and oral surgical therapy. From these results, we must take measures to prevent MRSA infection in dental and oral surgical treatment.
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