The epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus and antibiotic resistance in community-acquired infections

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/509304

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Staphylococcus aureus infections range from boils to life-threatening diseases and are increasingly resistant to antibiotics and difficult to treat. This study follows patients with community-acquired S. aureus infections, and close contacts, for 24 months to see if they carry S. aureus (nose swabs) or develop infection. Our data on risk factors for colonisation and infection will help doctors decide whether to trace and treat contacts of patients to protect households from further infection.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,267,784.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Optical technology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Antibiotc resistance | Antibiotic resistance | Epidemiology | Risk and protective factors | Risk factors | Sepsis | Staphylococcus | Staphylococcus aureus | Transmission | Treatment

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