Study on spread of the MRSA between the medical student and patient using the genetic technique

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25860479
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Medical and hospital managemen
• Research Institution: Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
• Principal Investigator: HASHIMOTO Dai 浜松医科大学, 保健管理センター, 講師 (20467236)
• Research Collaborator: NAGURA Osanori 浜松医科大学, 医学部附属病院・検査部
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: MRSA / 院内感染 / 医療系学生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is main bacteria of the nosocomial infection. This is a study about the spread between the medical student and patient of MRSA. The object is a medical student of bedside teachings at our university　hospital. The MRSA carrying germ situation in the nasal cavity was only two of 225 student (0.89%). Two students carry germ since before a bedside teaching began, one student carried germ after a training start continuously at six months. The strain of two students was proved not to be the same by genotyping. Also from homology with MRSA isolated from hospitalized patients at the same time, there is a possibility of MRSA transmission between medical students and patient.

Free Research Field

環境感染