Ear Diseases with Isolates of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) from Otorrhea in a Private ENT Clinic
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- Mori Yasuo
- Shida ENT Clinic of Mori
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- MRSAの検出された耳科領域感染症の検討
- MRSA ノ ケンシュツ サレタ ジカ リョウイキ カンセンショウ ノ ケントウ
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Abstract
In a recent report, I emphasized that nosocomial MRSA should be reduced to a minimum in order to prevent it from becoming the source of nosocomial or/and inter-hospital epidemics.<br>A bacteriological study in 1998 revealed that 17 isolates of MRSA accounted for 4.4% of all 386 isolates from otorrhea. As MRSA infections have become more widespread in Japan, culture and sensitivity testing at the initial visit is essential as a guide to proper therapy for the early diagnosis and treatment of MRSA infections.<br>In this study I examined 16 otologic patients with MRSA infections: 8 males and 8 females. They ranged in age from one month to 78 years.<br>The sites of major lesions detected under microscopic examination were the external ear in 9 cases, the tympanic membrane in 4 cases, and the middle-ear in 3 cases.<br>Other bacteria coexisted in 3 cases, and 2 patients suffered recurrence of MRSA infections.<br>Among the 16 patients with ear diseases caused by MRSA, 4 patients (25%) were not found to have nosocomial infection of MRSA in my clinic but rather nosocomial acquisition. In the other 12 patients (75%), including six with inter-hospital infections, MRSA was detected at their initial visit.<br>All cases were successfully controlled by means of early diagnosis, appropriate local-treatment, and suitable use of an antimicrobial drug (MINO).
Journal
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- Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica
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Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica 97 (5), 405-410, 2004
The Society of Practical Otolaryngology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679241048064
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- NII Article ID
- 10012889318
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- NII Book ID
- AN00107089
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- ISSN
- 18844545
- 00326313
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- NDL BIB ID
- 7015481
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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