title: Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in healthy preschool children.
abstract: To evaluate the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus carriage among healthy preschool children in our region, nasal swabs were collected from 5- to 7-year-old healthy children who were attending a day care center. Sociodemographic features and the data related with risk factors were obtained from the children's parents. Of the 200 children, S. aureus was isolated in 36 (18%) subjects. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus was isolated in 2 (5.6%) of these subjects, neither of whom had any identified risk factors. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing revealed that all tested strains were sensitive to gentamicin, vancomycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, rifampicin, and mupirocin. Erythromycin, clindamycin, fusidic acid, and tetracycline resistance were determined to be 16.6, 8.3, 5.6, and 8.3%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Halil Bayraktar Health Services Vocational College, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. martan@erciyes.edu.tr
authors.forename: Muge
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oguzkaya-Artan
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Baykan
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Artan
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000187:drug effects*; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents