Efficacy Study of Vitamin D Supplementation to Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Carriers

Summary

The purpose of this study is to treat persistent MRSA carriers with vitamin D supplementation during a 12 month to see if the number of MRSA positive patients can be reduced.

Timeline

Start

2014-12

Primary completion

2017-12

Completion

2017-12

Publications

• Background Bergman P, Norlin AC, Hansen S, Rekha RS, Agerberth B, Bjorkhem-Bergman L, Ekstrom L, Lindh JD, Andersson J. Vitamin D3 supplementation in patients with frequent respiratory tract infections: a randomised and double-blind intervention study. BMJ Open. 2012 Dec 13;2(6):e001663. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001663. Print 2012.
• Background Matheson EM, Mainous AG 3rd, Hueston WJ, Diaz VA, Everett CJ. Vitamin D and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage. Scand J Infect Dis. 2010 Jul;42(6-7):455-60. doi: 10.3109/00365541003602049.
• Background Hewison M. Antibacterial effects of vitamin D. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2011 Jun;7(6):337-45. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2010.226. Epub 2011 Jan 25.
• Bjorkhem-Bergman L, Torefalk E, Ekstrom L, Bergman P. Vitamin D binding protein is not affected by high-dose vitamin D supplementation: a post hoc analysis of a randomised, placebo-controlled study. BMC Res Notes. 2018 Aug 29;11(1):619. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3725-7.
• Bjorkhem-Bergman L, Missailidis C, Karlsson-Valik J, Tammelin A, Ekstrom L, Bottai M, Hammar U, Lindh G, Bergman P. Vitamin D supplementation to persistent carriers of MRSA-a randomized and placebo-controlled clinical trial. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Sep;37(9):1735-1744. doi: 10.1007/s10096-018-3306-7. Epub 2018 Jun 21.

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