Whole Body Washing With Chlorhexidine for the Eradication of MRSA

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2004-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether whole body washing with chlorhexidine in combination with mupirocine nasal ointment is effective in the eradication of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Heidelberg University
• Treatments: Chlorhexidine; Chlorhexidine gluconate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• persons who are colonized with MRSA, i.e. one or more cultures from any body site yielded MRSA

Exclusion Criteria:

• ongoing systemic or local antimicrobial treatment directed against MRSA

• hypersensitivity to mupirocin or chlorhexidine

• pregnancy

• previous enrolment