Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of polyhexanide for topical decolonization of MRSA carriers

Landelle, Caroline; Von Dach, Elodie; Haustein, T; Agostinho, Americo; Renzi, Gesuele; Renzoni, Adriana Maria; Pittet, Didier; Schrenzel, Jacques; Francois, Patrice; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

doi:10.1093/jac/dkv331

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Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of polyhexanide for topical decolonization of MRSA carriers

ContributorsLandelle, Caroline; Von Dach, Elodie; Haustein, T; Agostinho, Americo; Renzi, Gesuele; Renzoni, Adriana Maria; Pittet, Didier; Schrenzel, Jacques; Francois, Patrice

; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

Published inThe journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, vol. 71, no. 2, p. 531-538

Publication date2016

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of polyhexanide (Prontoderm(®)) in eliminating MRSA carriage.

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

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LANDELLE, Caroline et al. Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of polyhexanide for topical decolonization of MRSA carriers. In: The journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2016, vol. 71, n° 2, p. 531–538. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv331

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PID : unige:87634
DOI : 10.1093/jac/dkv331
PMID : 26507428

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/71/2/531.full.pdf+html

Journal ISSN0305-7453

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Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of polyhexanide for topical decolonization of MRSA carriers

The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of polyhexanide (Prontoderm(®)) in eliminating MRSA carriage.

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