Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Infection in Hospitalized Palliative Care Patients With Cancer

被引：19
作者：
Ghanem, Hafez M. [1 ]
Abou-Alia, Ahmad M. [1 ]
Alsirafy, Samy A. [2 ]
机构：
[1] King Fahad Specialist Hosp Dammam, Palliat Care Dept, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
[2] Cairo Univ, Palliat Med Unit, Kasr Al Ainy Ctr Clin Oncol & Nucl Med NEMROCK, Kasr Al Ainy Sch Med, Cairo 11553, Egypt
来源：
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE | 2013年 / 30卷 / 04期
关键词：
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; infection control; hospital-based palliative care; advanced cancer; prevalence; quality of life;
D O I：
10.1177/1049909112452335
中图分类号：
R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];
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摘要：
Little is known about the pattern of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization and infection in hospitalized palliative care (PC) patients. We reviewed 854 admissions for 289 patients with advanced cancer managed by a PC service in a tertiary care hospital. The MRSA screening was performed at least once in 228 (79%) patients, and 21 (9%) of them were MRSA positive. Other cultures were done in 251 (86.8%) patients, and 8 (3%) patients were MRSA positive. The total number of MRSA-positive admissions was 28 (3%), with a median admission duration of 8 days. A substantial proportion of hospitalized PC patients with cancer are MRSA positive. Research is required to study the impact of infection control measures on the quality of PC delivered to MRSA-positive terminally ill patients in hospitals.
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