title: The carrier state: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. A hospital study "screening of hospital personnel" for nasal carriage of Staph aureus.
abstract: Methicillin resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA) were studied in a 300 bedded Central Government Hospital Rawalpindi, in which 291 staff members were screened by nasal swabbing. Of 125 cases carrying staph aureus 5 (1.78%) were methicillin resistant. They were treated with Bacitracin ointment to be applied to interior nares four times a day for one week. Hexachlorophane baths daily, chlorhexidine shampoo once daily for a week, and were taken off duty from wards for one day.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ashiq
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000635:transmission; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology*; D010154:Pakistan; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D008712:Methicillin