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

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
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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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