title: Use of gaseous ozone for eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the home environment of a colonized hospital employee.
abstract: An intensive care nurse with eczema was repeatedly treated for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage. Because cultures remained positive for MRSA, her house was investigated. Thirty-four percent of environmental samples yielded MRSA. Her children and cat were free of MRSA. The house was decontaminated with gaseous ozone. All subsequent cultures were negative for MRSA. This decontamination cost Euros 2,000 (approximately Dollars 2,400).
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Health, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hero E L
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: de Boer
authors.forename: Carla M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: van Elzelingen-Dekker
authors.forename: Cora M F
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: van Rheenen-Verberg
authors.forename: Lodewijk
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spanjaard
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005740:Gases; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010126:Ozone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D000078329:Workforce
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D010126:Ozone