Prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Nasal Carriage in Patients Admitted to Driscoll Children's Hospital

Overview

Journal Pediatr Infect Dis J

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2006 Apr 29

PMID 16645516

Citations 10

Authors

Carmen Alfaro

Marcella Mascher-Denen

Jaime Fergie

Kevin Purcell

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Abstract

A nasal swab specimen was collected for culture within 48 hours of admission and a questionnaire was completed using a convenience sample of 350 patients admitted to Driscoll Children's Hospital between February 15 and March 15, 2005. Of the 350 patients enrolled, 125 (36%) patients were colonized with Staphylococcus. aureus and 76 (61%) of the 125 S. aureus isolates were methicillin-resistant.

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