title: Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in school children without identifiable risk factors in northern taiwan.
abstract: In a nasal culture survey of school children, 5 (1.9%) of 262 school children and 18 (13%) of 137 health care workers (HCWs) were colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). One common genotype accounted for most isolates from the school children and from the HCWs. Based on genotyping, MRSA strains circulating in the community in Taiwan were similar to the hospital strains.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan. ychuang@adm.cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: Yhu-Chering
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Lin-Hui
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Chih-Jung
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tzou-Yien
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology