A multicenter, cross-sectional study on the prevalence and risk factors for nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in patients admitted to children's hospitals in Switzerland

Datta, Florence; Erb, Thomas; Heininger, Ulrich; Gervaix, Alain; Schaad, Urs B.; Berger, Christoph; Vaudaux, Bernard; Aebi, Christoph; Hitzler, Michael; Kind, Christian; Gnehm, Hanspeter E.; Frei, Reno; Myers, Catherine Jayne; Posfay Barbe, Klara

doi:10.1086/591700

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A multicenter, cross-sectional study on the prevalence and risk factors for nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in patients admitted to children's hospitals in Switzerland

ContributorsDatta, Florence; Erb, Thomas; Heininger, Ulrich; Gervaix, Alain; Schaad, Urs B.; Berger, Christoph; Vaudaux, Bernard; Aebi, Christoph; Hitzler, Michael; Kind, Christian; Gnehm, Hanspeter E.; Frei, Reno; Myers, Catherine Jayne; Posfay Barbe, Klara

Published inClinical infectious diseases, vol. 47, no. 7, p. 923-926

Publication date2008

Abstract

The rate of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and associated risk factors were determined in a cross-sectional study involving Swiss children's hospitals. S. aureus was isolated in 562 of 1363 cases. In a stepwise multivariate analysis, the variables age, duration of antibiotic use, and hospitalization of a household member were independently associated with carriage of S. aureus.

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

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DATTA, Florence et al. A multicenter, cross-sectional study on the prevalence and risk factors for nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in patients admitted to children’s hospitals in Switzerland. In: Clinical infectious diseases, 2008, vol. 47, n° 7, p. 923–926. doi: 10.1086/591700

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PID : unige:2068
DOI : 10.1086/591700
PMID : 18715155

Journal ISSN1058-4838

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A multicenter, cross-sectional study on the prevalence and risk factors for nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in patients admitted to children's hospitals in Switzerland

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