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

作者信息

Heininger Ulrich, Datta Florence, Gervaix Alain, Schaad Urs B, Berger Christoph, Vaudaux Bernard, Aebi Christoph, Hitzler Michael, Kind Christian, Gnehm Hanspeter E, Frei Reno

机构信息

University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.

出版信息

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Jun;26(6):544-6. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31804d244a.

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.