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Master of Public Health

Increasing rates of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in healthy children.

AUTHORS

Creech CB , Kernodle DS , Alsentzer A , Wilson C , Edwards KM , . The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2005 7 ; 24(7). 617-21

ABSTRACT

Prior studies, including one from our institution performed in 2001, suggest that nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) occurs infrequently in the healthy pediatric population (0.2-2.2%). However, infections caused by community-associated MRSA have increased remarkably in recent years. As a result, we restudied the prevalence of MRSA nasal colonization in healthy children, comparing results from 2001 and 2004.

Prior studies, including one from our institution performed in 2001, suggest that nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) occurs infrequently in the healthy pediatric population (0.2-2.2%). However, infections caused by community-associated MRSA have increased remarkably in recent years. As a result, we restudied the prevalence of MRSA nasal colonization in healthy children, comparing results from 2001 and 2004.

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