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, Klara

doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e31804d244a

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

ContributorsHeininger, 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, Klara

Published inThe Pediatric infectious disease journal, vol. 26, no. 6, p. 544-546

Publication date2007

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

Affiliation

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

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HEININGER, Ulrich et al. Prevalence of nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in children a multicenter cross-sectional study. In: The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 2007, vol. 26, n° 6, p. 544–546. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31804d244a

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PID : unige:43988
DOI : 10.1097/INF.0b013e31804d244a
PMID : 17529877

ISSN of the journal0891-3668

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