[Isolation of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from nasopharyngeal swabs on admission to a ward for pediatric patients].
Between 1992 and 1993, 2313 nasopharyngeal swabs were taken and cultured from 1665 patients on admission to a pediatric ward at Asahikawa Kosei Hospital. Twenty nine strains of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were isolated from 28 patients. The ages of these patients ranged from 2 months to 9 years and 14 patients were younger than 1 year. Their underlying diseases were bronchial asthma in 9 patients, prematurely born infants with chronic lung disease in 4. Fourteen patients had a history of admission during the past 6 months. No patient had infectious diseases due to MRSA.
Sakata
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Department of Pediatrics, Asahikawa Kosei Hospital.
Hirano
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Y
Maruyama
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D010343:Patient Admission; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*