A Study on Hospital Environments in Our Ward. MRSA.:—MRSA—

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Recently the isolation of Methicillin-resistant <I>Staphylococcus aureus</I> (MRSA) is increasing in Oral Surgery in Japan. MRSA is one of the most important microorganisms which shows poor sensitivity to antibiotics and causes nosocomial infections. <BR>To investigate the state of MRSA in the ward of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, a clinical study on MRSA isolated from medical staffs, inpatients and hospital environments was carried out. Two of the 21 doctors (10%) and one of the 7 inpatients (14%) had MRSA in the nasal cavity. However, none of the 9 nurses had MRSA in the nasal cavity. As to the hospital environments, MRSA was isolated only from the environment of the patients with MRSA infections.<BR>This study revealed that the control of nosocomial MRSA infection was good in our ward, but a few MRSA carriers of medical staffs and inpatients exist. It seems to suggest that the state of microorganisms in the ward should be investigated at regular intervals.
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