title: The low rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Turkish children.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University School of Medicine, Haydarpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soysal
authors.forename: Hulya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Aysegul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yagci
authors.forename: Isil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barlan
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakir
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology