Cipro and related antibiotics increase MRSA risk in LTC settings
MDS 3.0 Insider, April 25, 2014
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Long-term care residents on a fluoroquinolone antibiotic such as Cipro are at an increased risk for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, as reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Investigators at the Institut Pasteur in Paris tracked about 450 long-term care residents who were not colonized with Staphylococcus aureus at the time of admission. Of this group, 76 developed MRSA. In comparing the infected residents with a control group, the researchers identified fluoroquinolone use as a factor associated with the MRSA acquisition. More than 93% of the strains were resistant to fluoroquinolones, they found.
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