The low rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Turkish children


SOYSAL A., ŞAHİN H., YAĞCI A., BARLAN I., BAKIR M.

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, cilt.59, sa.3, ss.195-196, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Dergi Adı: JAPANESE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.195-196
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

During a 6-month period, swab samples were obtained from the nares, axilla, and perineum of 1,000 children, age 0 to 16 years, who were attending a pediatric outpatient clinic. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated in 173 of the children. Only one child, a 35-day-old boy who had remained at the neonatal intensive care unit for 1 week after birth, was identified as a carrier of methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Except in diagnosed cases of allergic rhinitis, potential predisposing factors for colonization with S. aureus in our sample were comparable to those in non-colonized children.