Staphylococcus aureus decolonization
From IDWiki
- 4% rinse-off chlorhexidine for daily bathing or showering
- 0.12% chlorhexidine mouthwash twice daily
- 2% nasal mupirocin twice daily
- All administered for five days twice per month for six months
References
- ^ Susan S. Huang, Raveena Singh, James A. McKinnell, Steven Park, Adrijana Gombosev, Samantha J. Eells, Daniel L. Gillen, Diane Kim, Syma Rashid, Raul Macias-Gil, Michael A. Bolaris, Thomas Tjoa, Chenghua Cao, Suzie S. Hong, Jennifer Lequieu, Eric Cui, Justin Chang, Jiayi He, Kaye Evans, Ellena Peterson, Gail Simpson, Philip Robinson, Chester Choi, Charles C. Bailey, James D. Leo, Alpesh Amin, Donald Goldmann, John A. Jernigan, Richard Platt, Edward Septimus, Robert A. Weinstein, Mary K. Hayden, Loren G. Miller. Decolonization to Reduce Postdischarge Infection Risk among MRSA Carriers. New England Journal of Medicine. 2019;380(7):638-650. doi:10.1056/nejmoa1716771.
