Impact of oral gut decontamination on Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in patients undergoing allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

C. Matthias Wilk, Isabel Weber, Kati Seidl, Carole Rachmühl, Anne Holzmann-Bürgel, Antonia M.S. Müller, Stefan P. Kuster, Urs Schanz, Annelies S. Zinkernagel

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Abstract

Recipients of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) are severely immunocompromised and are at increased risk of infection. In this prospective, observational, single-centre study including 110 allo-HSCT recipients, the rate of Staphylococcus aureus colonisation was reduced from 11.8% to 0% (P < 0.001) following peritransplant oral gut decontamination. No invasive S. aureus infections were observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)726-729
Number of pages4
JournalInternational Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
Volume50
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Decolonisation
  • Gut decontamination
  • Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • Infection
  • Staphylococcus aureus

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