title: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among pediatric health care workers from different outpatient settings.
abstract: Staphylococcus aureus colonization rates in pediatric health care workers from different types of outpatient settings were determined from December 2008 through May 2010. Colonization rates for Staphylococcus aureus and, specifically, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) rates were similar to the rates that have been reported for the general population. The predominant MRSA pulsed-field gel electrophoresis type associated with colonization in these health care workers is not MRSA USA300.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. limmergluck@msm.edu
authors: Lilly Cheng
authors: LC
authors: Immergluck
authors: Sarah W
authors: SW
authors: Satola
authors: Shabnam
authors: S
authors: Jain
authors: Courtney
authors: C
authors: McCracken
authors: J Renee'
authors: JR
authors: Watson
authors: Trisha
authors: T
authors: Chan
authors: Traci
authors: T
authors: Leong
authors: Edward
authors: E
authors: Gottlieb
authors: Robert C
authors: RC
authors: Jerris
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005838:Genotype; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010372:Pediatrics; D015995:Prevalence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: Bacterial carriage; Children; Health occupation risk; MRSA; Skin and soft tissue infection