Epidemiology and Prevention of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Transmission in the Community

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The overall goal of this project is to elucidate the epidemiology of MRSA transmission in the community and test an intervention to prevent MRSA transmission in this setting.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
• Collaborators: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; Pennsylvania Department of Health
• Treatments: Mupirocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All members of a household in which the index case is treated for a skin or soft tissue infection due to MRSA. All household members must agree to participate in order for the household to be enrolled

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior MRSA within past 6 months in the index case; age less than 6 months.