title: Frequency of detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from rectovaginal swabs in pregnant women.
abstract: Clinical samples from 250 pregnant women undergoing screening for rectovaginal group B streptococcus colonization were evaluated concurrently for the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Overall, S aureus was detected in 21.6% of the women; 53.7% of the isolates were MRSA. Despite a lack of risk factors for MRSA colonization, rectovaginal MRSA was detected in 10.4% of pregnant women in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN 37232-2573, USA. buddy.creech@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: C Buddy
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Creech
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Litzner
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schaffner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*