The ISABEL Study (Italian Staphylococcus aureus Benchmarked EpidemioLogy) is a prospective study conducted in 28 Italian ICUs: 13 (46%) of the ICUs are in hospitals with 500–999 beds, 23 (82.1%) are medical-surgical ICUs, and the other 5 are general and/or transplant ICUs. Ethics committee approval was obtained for the study. All patients admitted from September 23, 2004, through June 26, 2005, were enrolled. On the days of admission and discharge, a nasal swab specimen was collected. All samples were cultured at local laboratories; if positive for S. aureus, they were shipped to a central microbiological laboratory (Laboratorio di Microbiologia, Ospedale Ca’ Grande, Milano, Italy) for confirmation.
Viale P, Gesu G, Privitera G, Allaria B, Petrosillo N, Zamparini E, et al. (2011). Multicenter, prospective surveillance study of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in 28 Italian intensive care units: the ISABEL Study. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 32, 193-197 [10.1086/657939].
Multicenter, prospective surveillance study of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in 28 Italian intensive care units: the ISABEL Study.
VIALE, PIERLUIGI;
2011
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The ISABEL Study (Italian Staphylococcus aureus Benchmarked EpidemioLogy) is a prospective study conducted in 28 Italian ICUs: 13 (46%) of the ICUs are in hospitals with 500–999 beds, 23 (82.1%) are medical-surgical ICUs, and the other 5 are general and/or transplant ICUs. Ethics committee approval was obtained for the study. All patients admitted from September 23, 2004, through June 26, 2005, were enrolled. On the days of admission and discharge, a nasal swab specimen was collected. All samples were cultured at local laboratories; if positive for S. aureus, they were shipped to a central microbiological laboratory (Laboratorio di Microbiologia, Ospedale Ca’ Grande, Milano, Italy) for confirmation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
