The Causes and Interpretation of Low-level Resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus

Completed

Conditions studied: Staphylococcus Aureus

In brief

The hypothesis of this investigation is that rate of isolation of resistant nosocomial pathogens can be explained by a combination of measures that include, among other things, antimicrobial drug use, infection control efforts, patient mix and antimicrobial stewardship efforts. The short term goal of this investigation is to improve our understanding of the relationships between antimicrobial stewardship program efforts (and actual antimicrobial drug use), and infection control efforts to the incidence rates of MSSA, MRSA, h-VISA and SA-MICcreep. The long term goal of this investigation is to design interventions that will improve antimicrobial drug use and decrease cross-transmission of resistant bacteria, resulting in a decrease in the rates of infection caused resistant hospital organisms.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT01127516
Run by
Virginia Commonwealth University
People needed
45
Starts
2010-04-01
Expected to finish
2013-05-01
Last updated by the study team
2014-07-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

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Where it is running

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