Papers you should read, September 2011
We know. Postings have been light these past few weeks. Hey, we are getting ready for ICAAC and IDSA. So cut us some slack, already...(joking)
OK, in a matter of full disclosure, I have conflicts of interest with both of these papers, so following our standard practice of not critiquing papers where we have conflicts, I will leave the interpretation of each paper to you, our dear readers.
Dan Morgan, who was our invited contributor on Veterans Day, has published a review of world-wide, non-prescription antimicrobial use in this months Lancet ID. The review included 117 articles including 35 community surveys published between 1970 and 2009. I've pasted a summary figure above.
Co-blogger Dan has a paper coming out in ICHE (ahead of print) surveying IDSA's EIN Network of ID clinicians on their pre-op screening and decolonization practices for S. aureus. The survey included 488 respondents, who had knowledge of their hospital's pre-op screening. Overall, 60% screened for S. aureus with 47% screening for MRSA only and 13% for all S. aureus. Less than 20% screened extranasally. Screening method was led by PCR (36%) followed by standard culture (30%) and chromogenic agar (27%). Additionally, 52% decolonized with 31% decolonizing MRSA carriers, 8% decolonizing S. aureus carriers and 15% decolonized irrespective of colonization status. To find out more, you need to read the paper!
OK, in a matter of full disclosure, I have conflicts of interest with both of these papers, so following our standard practice of not critiquing papers where we have conflicts, I will leave the interpretation of each paper to you, our dear readers.
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| Click to enlarge: Frequency of non-prescription use of antimicrobials in the general population |
Co-blogger Dan has a paper coming out in ICHE (ahead of print) surveying IDSA's EIN Network of ID clinicians on their pre-op screening and decolonization practices for S. aureus. The survey included 488 respondents, who had knowledge of their hospital's pre-op screening. Overall, 60% screened for S. aureus with 47% screening for MRSA only and 13% for all S. aureus. Less than 20% screened extranasally. Screening method was led by PCR (36%) followed by standard culture (30%) and chromogenic agar (27%). Additionally, 52% decolonized with 31% decolonizing MRSA carriers, 8% decolonizing S. aureus carriers and 15% decolonized irrespective of colonization status. To find out more, you need to read the paper!
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