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Staphylococcus Aureus Carriers Students Nursing Oxacillin Resistant

NCT00518076 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL

Last updated 2007-08-20

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Summary

The Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen bacteria actuating as an agent of a wide variety of infections, such as the superficials to the disseminates ones, its commonly find into hospitals ambient, assailing mainly immunosupress patients. Around 30% to 50% of people carries this agent in their nasal bone as part of their normal flora, occuring larger in hospitals workers. The S. aureus is also known for its high capacity of developing resistance to various antibiotic. Facing these considerations, the importance of nursing precaution and the infections control inside hospitals ambient, the purpose of this present study aimed to verify the rates of carriers of S. aureus in nursing students and the connection with the hospitals time involvement during graduation in the Faculty de Medicine de Botucatu - UNESP, embracing the 4 years of graduation college.

Conditions

  • Staphylococcal Infections

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eliane Patrícia Pereira · São Paulo State University

Eligibility

Min Age
17 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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