Valerie C Cluzet, Jeffrey S Gerber, Joshua P Metlay, Irving Nachamkin, Theoklis E Zaoutis, Meghan F Davis, Kathleen G Julian, Darren R Linkin, Susan E Coffin, David J Margolis, Judd E Hollander, Warren B Bilker, Xiaoyan Han, Rakesh D Mistry, Laurence J Gavin, Pam Tolomeo, Jacqueleen A Wise, Mary K Wheeler, Baofeng Hu, Neil O Fishman, David Royer, Ebbing Lautenbach
OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of total household decolonization with intranasal mupirocin and chlorhexidine gluconate body wash on recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection among subjects with MRSA skin and soft-tissue infection. DESIGN Three-arm nonmasked randomized controlled trial. SETTING Five academic medical centers in Southeastern Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS Adults and children presenting to ambulatory care settings with community-onset MRSA skin and soft-tissue infection (ie, index cases) and their household members...
October 2016: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology