Characterization of staphylococcus aureus isolated from healthy children in Portugal

H. Schmid; N. Lôpo; A. Castro; J. Silva; P. Teixeira

doi:10.1142/9789814405041_0103

Characterization of staphylococcus aureus isolated from healthy children in Portugal

H. Schmid, N. Lôpo, A. Castro, J. Silva, P. Teixeira^*

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The prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus carriage among healthy children from four kindergartens located in the North of Portugal and antibiotic resistance of the isolates were evaluated. Nasal swabs were collected from 296 healthy children aged 3 to 6 year. 144 were carriers of S. aureus; 15% of the strains were multidrug resistant. Resistance to gentamicin, chloramphenicol, rifampicin, oxacillin, nitrofurantoin, tetracycline, erythromycin, ampicillin and penicillin were determined to be 1.5, 2.2, 2.2, 9.7, 19, 34.1, 73.3, 84.4 and 91.1%, respectively. All the strains were sensitive to vancomycin. Our study reveals a high prevalence of healthy children carrying S. aureus (49%), including MRSA (9%), in the nasal cavity.

Idioma original	English
Título da publicação do anfitrião	Microbes in Applied Research
Subtítulo da publicação do anfitrião	Current Advances and Challenges, Malaga, Spain, 14 - 16 September 2011
Editora	World Scientific Publishing Co.
Páginas	509-512
Número de páginas	4
ISBN (eletrónico)	9789814405041
ISBN (impresso)	9814405035, 9789814405034
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814405041_0103
Estado da publicação	Publicado - 1 jan. 2012

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