Methicillin resistance of Staphylococcus species among health care and nonhealth care workers undergoing cataract surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to characterize the bacterial flora of the ocular and periocular surface in cataract surgery patients and to determine the prevalence of methicillin resistance among staphylococcal isolates obtained from health care workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs.

Methods

In this prospective, multicenter, case series study, eyelid and conjunctival cultures were obtained from the nonoperative eye of 399 consecutive cataract patients on the day of surgery prior to application of topical anesthetics, antibiotics, or antiseptics. Speciation and susceptibility testing were performed at the Dean A. McGee Eye Institute. Logistic regression was utilized to evaluate whether any factors were significant in predicting the presence of methicillin-resistant staphylococca

SUBMITTER: Olson R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3009999 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature