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2015 ; 10
(10
): e0140045
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Staphylococcus aureus, Including Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus,
among General Practitioners and Their Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Michiels B
; Appelen L
; Franck B
; den Heijer CD
; Bartholomeeusen S
; Coenen S
PLoS One
2015[]; 10
(10
): e0140045
PMID26458264
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BACKGROUND: The role of general practitioners (GPs) as reservoir and potential
source for Staphylococcus aureus (SA) transmission is unknown. Our primary
objective was to evaluate the prevalence of SA and community-acquired methicillin
resistant SA (CA-MRSA) carrier status (including spa typing) among GPs and their
patients in Belgium. The secondary objective was to determine the association
between SA/CA-MRSA carriage in patients and their characteristics, SA carriage in
GPs, GP and practice characteristics. METHODS: The Belgian GPs, who swabbed their
patients in the APRES study (which assessed the prevalence of SA nasal carriage
in nine European countries; November 2010 -June 2011), were asked to swab
themselves as well (May-June 2011). GPs and their patients had to complete a
questionnaire on factors related to SA carriage and transmission. SA isolation
including CA-MRSA and spa typing was performed on the swabs. RESULTS: In eighteen
practices 34 GPs swabbed patients of which 25 GPs provided personal swabs. The
analysis was performed on 3008 patient records. Among GPs SA carriage (28%) was
more prevalent than among their patients (19.2%), but CA-MRSA carriage was not
present. SA was more prevalent among younger patients and those living with
cattle. Spa typing SA and MRSA strains did not suggest correlation within
practices or between patients and GPs, but chronic skin conditions of GPs and
always handshaking patients by SA positive GPs were associated with more SA among
patients, and hand washing after every patient contact with less SA among
patients in practices with high antibiotic prescribing rates. CONCLUSION: No MRSA
was found among GPs, although their SA carriership was higher compared to their
patients'. Spa types did not cluster within practices, possibly due to difference
in timing of swabbing. To minimise SA transmission to their patients GPs should
consider taking appropriate care of their chronic skin diseases, antibiotic
prescribing behaviour, handshaking and hand washing habits.
|Adult
[MESH]
|Aged
[MESH]
|Aged, 80 and over
[MESH]
|Animals
[MESH]
|Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
[MESH]
|Belgium/epidemiology
[MESH]
|Cattle
[MESH]
|Cross-Sectional Studies/methods
[MESH]
|Female
[MESH]
|General Practitioners/statistics & numerical data
[MESH]