Abstract

MARQUILLES BONET, Carme; ALEXANDRE LOZANO, Sandra  and  REAL GATIUS, Jordi. Prevalence of infection with Staphylococcus aureus methicillin resistent in chronic wounds in primary care of Lleida: retrospective study. Gerokomos [online]. 2015, vol.26, n.4, pp.157-161. ISSN 1134-928X.

Aim: To find out the prevalence of infection with S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in swab of chronic wounds in primary care in the health service region of Lleida and evaluate the use of oral antibiotics according to antibiogram results. Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study. Subjects: Swab of chronic wounds made in January 2010 to December 2012. Results: The prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus positive swabs for methicillin resistant 3.77% (95% CI: 2.1 to 5.5) and methicillin resistant S. aureus not 8.79% (95% 1.1-6.1), calculated on the total number of registered swabs in this period. Conclusions: The prescription of antibiotics regarding susceptibility is more accurate to have a response of MRSA than a swab positive for S. aureus.

Keywords : infection; chronic wounds; antibiotic; Staphylococus aureus methicillin resistant.

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