Prevalence of nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in children a multicenter cross-sectional study

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serval:BIB_F777795E4C2C
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Prevalence of nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in children a multicenter cross-sectional study
Journal
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Author(s)
Heininger  U., Datta  F., Gervaix  A., Schaad  U. B., Berger  C., Vaudaux  B., Aebi  C., Hitzler  M., Kind  C., Gnehm  H. E., Frei  R.
ISSN
0891-3668 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
06/2007
Volume
26
Number
6
Pages
544-6
Notes
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Jun
Abstract
In this cross-sectional multicenter study, we determined the rate of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in children admitted to 9 training hospitals in Switzerland during 1 month. From 1337 patients, 1363 nasal swabs were obtained (mean age 6.1 years, median 4.7 years, interquartile range 1.3-10.4 years) and 562 (41.3%) grew S. aureus. Only one isolate was MRSA (0.18%) which encoded mecA and femA genes as well as SCCmec type IV, whereas Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) was absent.
Keywords
Adolescent Bacterial Proteins/genetics Bacterial Toxins/genetics Carrier State/*epidemiology/*microbiology Child Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies DNA, Bacterial/genetics Exotoxins/genetics Female Hospitalization Hospitals, Teaching Humans Infant Leukocidins/genetics Male *Methicillin Resistance Nasal Cavity/*microbiology Prevalence Staphylococcal Infections/*epidemiology/*microbiology Staphylococcus aureus/*drug effects/*isolation & purification Switzerland/epidemiology
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