Which patients are most at risk of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a review of admissions to a regional maxillofacial ward between 2001 and 2005

Epidemiology of Infections in Cancer Patients

“…In addition, daptomycin resistance is also increasing among VRE isolates [273]. Rates of MRSA are increasing among patients with breast cancer and cancers of the head and neck and, in some centers, are common causes of bacteremia in patients with febrile neutropenia [274][275][276][277][278][279]. Gram-negative bacterial resistance is likewise increasing.…”

Risk of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Transmission in the Dental Healthcare Setting: A Narrative Review

“…29 However, such cancer patients may also develop MRSA infections during hospitalization without surgical treatment and even without hospitalization, probably because of aggressive therapy and poor general condition. 30 It is important to note that reported episodes of oral MRSA infections, such as osteomyelitis, 31,32 gingivitis, and dental caries, 33 are not necessarily due to dental interventions.…”

“…45 Among pedodontic patients, MRSA carriage rates of 1.1% (1/90; Copenhagen, Denmark), 38 1.9% (6/307; Hiroshima, Japan), 46 2.2% (18/831; Jerusalem, Israel), 47 and 0% (0/30; Sao Paulo, Brazil) 39 were reported. Finally, among special care and cancer patients, MRSA carriage rates of 0.4% (2/500; Department of Oral Surgery of Basel University, Switzerland), 48 0.9% (73 with oropharyngeal cancer and 7 with maxillofacial fracture of 8,575 admitted patients; Regional Maxillofacial Unit, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, United Kingdom), 30 and 14.8% (8/54 elderly patients who required daily care; Tokyo Dental College, Japan) 49 were reported, along with an unspecified fraction of 103 oral surgery patients who underwent radical reconstructive surgery from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Nara Medical University, Japan. 29 In conclusion, the reported MRSA carriage rates among DHCPs were considerably lower than those among HCPs and were similar to the general population rates, indirectly suggesting that MRSA is unlikely to be transmitted to DHCPs during and because of their activity.…”

Guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections: As Applied to Oral and Maxillofacial Clinical Practice

“…1). In maxillofacial surgical practice, the most common group of patients to have MRSA infections were cancer patients treated with primary resections and requiring reconstruction with free flaps Table 2 Conditions requiring antibiotic therapy for abscesses [7] Antibiotic therapy is recommended for abscesses associated with the following conditions Table 3 Antibiotics for patients requiring hospitalization for skin and soft tissue infections [7] Drug Dosage [8,9]. A few cases of osteomyelitis of jaws complicated with MRSA are reported [1,10,11].…”