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

Heininger, Ulrich; Datta, Florence; 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, Clara

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Title		Prevalence of nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in children a multicenter cross-sectional study
Authors		Heininger, Ulrich Datta, Florence 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, Clara show all authors [1 - 13]
Published in		Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2007, vol. 26, no. 6, p. 544-6
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
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31804d244a PMID: 17529877
Full text		Article (Published version) (699 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie
Research groups		Etiologie des pneumonies et marqueurs inflammatoires chez l'enfant fébrile (183) Groupe Posfay-Barbe Clara (pédiatrie générale) (853)
Citation (ISO format)		HEININGER, Ulrich et al. Prevalence of nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in children a multicenter cross-sectional study. In: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2007, vol. 26, n° 6, p. 544-6. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:43988