title: Successful eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) intestinal carrier status in a healthcare worker--case report.
abstract: We describe bacteriophage therapy in the case of a healthcare worker whose gastrointestinal tract was colonized by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with subsequent urinary tract infection caused by the same pathogen. Oral treatment with anti-MRSA phages resulted in eradication of the carrier status.
authors.affiliation: Nosocomial Infection Control Team, The Jesus Infant Clinical Hospital, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leszczyński
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weber-Dabrowska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohutnicka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luczak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Górecki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Górski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001435:Bacteriophages; D002353:Carrier State / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009726:Nurses; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000821:virology