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MRSA and contact with HIV patients
- Question
- Hello,
I have recently made friends with an HIV positive person and I myself am a CF patient chronically colonized with MRSA.
How great is the risk for the HIV patient and which measures do you recommend in order to minimize it?
Best regards, - Answer
- Dear questioner,
as long as the HIV patient has a good immune defense with his drugs, an MRSA is generally not a problem for an HIV patient, like for all other healthy and immuno-competent people, either. As long as the HIV patient has no furhter impairments, like e.g. decrease of the immunologic situation, additional measures like e.g. a permanent i.v. line or other invasive mneasures, the contact is unproblematic. In order to avoid transmission, the most important measure is a thorough hand disinfection. In addition, you should pay attention as a CF patient, that you do not cough directly at the HIV patient.
Best regards,
Barbara Kahl - 14.07.2014
