Heininger, U; Datta, F; Gervaix, A; Schaad, UB; Berger, C; Vaudaux, B; Aebi, C; Hitzler, M; Kind, C; Gnehm, HE; Frei, R; PIGS/MRSA, Study Group (2007). Prevalence of nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in children a multicenter cross-sectional study. Pediatric infectious disease journal, 26(6), pp. 544-6. Hagerstown, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/INF.0b013e31804d244a
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)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.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Aebi, Christoph |
ISSN: |
0891-3668 |
ISBN: |
17529877 |
Publisher: |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Anette van Dorland |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:55 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:17 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1097/INF.0b013e31804d244a |
PubMed ID: |
17529877 |
Web of Science ID: |
000246931600019 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/23379 (FactScience: 41658) |
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