title: Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in household contacts of children with community-acquired diseases in Taiwan.
abstract: Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was detected in 18 (32%) of 57 children with community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection and 30 (25%) of 121 household contacts. By genotyping comparison, 94% and 64% of the colonization isolates from the patients and the contacts, respectively, were indistinguishable from the clinical isolates.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. ychuang@adm.cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: Yhu-Chering
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chen-Fang
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Chih-Jung
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lin-Hui
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Tzou-Yien
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology