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Clinical trialNCT00513799CompletedInterventional

The Natural History of Community-Associated MRSA Infections and Decolonization Strategies

SponsorWashington University School of MedicineEnrollment300AbscessesFurunculosisStaphylococcal Skin InfectionsStaphylococcus Aureus
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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine the natural history of community-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections in both adult and pediatric patients by monitoring the rate of recurrent infections in those colonized with S. aureus. In addition, this study will evaluate the efficiency of commonly prescribed decolonization measures in patients presenting with S. aureus skin and soft tissue infections.
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Investigators

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  • Bernard C. Camins, MD, MSCR

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine

    Principal Investigator
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  • Gregory A. Storch, MD

    Professor of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology, Chief of Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine

    Principal Investigator
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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital

    St Louis, Missouri, United States

  • St. Louis Children'S Hospital

    St Louis, Missouri, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Mupirocin →
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 Mar 2007
Primary completion
30 Jun 2009
Completion
31 Dec 2010
Last update posted
30 Jul 2015
Registered enrollment
300
Registry id
NCT00513799
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.