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Glucose, bronchial secretions and mrsa
Glucose, bronchial secretions and MRSA
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Dr J S Brown
Centre for Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Rayne Institute, London WC1E 6JJ, UK; jeremy.brown@ucl.ac.uk
Association of MRSA infection with abnormal glucose levels in respiratory tract secretions
Keywords: methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; glucose
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Strains of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to first line antibiotic therapy (the penicillinase resistant penicillins cloxacillin, flucloxacillin and methicillin), termed methicillin resistant S aureus (MRSA), first appeared in 1961 and are now widespread worldwide.1 In the UK MRSA is particularly prevalent, especially on intensive care wards, causing a variety of important nosocomial infections. Infection with MRSA usually requires parenteral therapy with a glycopeptide antibiotic and frequently substantially prolongs the patient’s hospital admission. Isolation of carriers places considerable stress on available bed resources and local outbreaks can even result in temporary ward closures. As a consequence, the human and financial burden of MRSA is significant, and this is reflected by the adoption of improved control of hospital acquired infections by a major political party as a major election "pledge".
The paper by Philips et al2 in this issue of Thorax reports a possible association between a positive
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Thorax 2005 60: 709a.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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