title: Nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in individuals with HIV/ AIDS attended in a Brazilian teaching hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the prevalence of nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in individuals with HIV/AIDS under inpatient treatment in a teaching hospital in the state of São Paulo (Brazil).
  
  
  METHODS
  a cross-sectional study undertaken in two units specialized in attending people living with HIV/AIDS, in the period August 2011 - July 2012. Socio-demographic and clinical data was collected through individual interviews and from the medical records; samples of nasal secretion were collected with Stuart swabs on the first day of inpatient treatment. Ethical aspects were respected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  of the 229 individuals with HIV/AIDS hospitalized in this period, 169 participated in the study, with Staphylococcus aureus being identified in the culture tests of 46 (27.2%) of the individuals, resistance to oxacillin being evidenced in 10 (21.8%) participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the results of the research indicate that the prevalence of colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in individuals with HIV/AIDS in the specialized units was considered relevant, possibly contributing to future investigations and, moreover, to the implementation of measures to prevent and control this pathogen in this population.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lilian Andreia Fleck
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Reinato
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daiana Patrícia Marchetti
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Pio
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Letícia Pimenta
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Maria Vieira
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Elisa Ricci
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elucir
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gir
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult