MRSA-colonisation among contacts of persons with infections with MRSA
Completed
- Conditions
- infection with microbe which is resistent to multiple antibiotics / meticilline resistent stafylococcus aureus infection10004018
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON31805
- Lead Sponsor
- GGD Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
All persons with an MRSA-infection, not being a Veterinary MRSA.
Living in an family (ie not in hospital, nursing home or alone)
On voluntary basis.
Exclusion Criteria
Not willing to participate.
Living in hospital or alone
Veterinary MRSA (infected from cattle).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>MRSA-positvity by age en gender:<br /><br>1. Percentage op people colonised with an identical MRSA-strain as the index's<br /><br>from all the direct contacts of this index .<br /><br>2. In the total studypopulation, in the group without eradication, in the group<br /><br>with eradication of the index only and in the group with eradication of both<br /><br>index and contacts:<br /><br>- Percentage colonised with MRSA that is free of MRSA after respectively 3 and<br /><br>6 months.<br /><br>- Percentage patients that is free of MRSA after respectively 3 or 6 months.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>How is the relation between:<br /><br>1. Colonisation by MRSA and age, gender, MRSA-type, degree of contact,<br /><br>skinleasions and comorbidity.<br /><br>2. Colonisation by MRSA after 3 months and age, gender, MRSA-type, degree of<br /><br>contact, skinleasions and comorbidity.<br /><br>3. Colonisation by MRSA after 6 months and age, gender, MRSA-type, degree of<br /><br>contact, skinleasions and comorbidity.</p><br>