title: Prevalence of nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in selected patient populations.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization was investigated in patients arriving for elective cardiovascular surgery, renal patients admitted for arteriovenous graft surgery, and patients transferred to our hospital from other institutions. Renal patients were significantly more likely to be colonized and represent a potential source of MRSA to our institution.
authors.affiliation: St Luke's Episcopal Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carlini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Gentry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000382:microbiology; D010343:Patient Admission; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial