Prospective, cross-sectional study on MSSA and MRSA colonisation in hospitalised children

Johnson, Kristen
Frei, Reno
Heininger, Ulrich

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October 2021

Abstract

There is a global trend for an increase in prevalence of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonisation in children. A decade ago, MRSA colonisation was studied in Swiss paediatric hospitals and revealed an extraordinarily low proportion (<1%). The primary goal of this study was to determine if the current proportion of nasal colonisation with MRSA in hospitalised children was still favourable. We aimed to screen all children from the age of 0-16years admitted to the paediatric and surgical wards at the University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB) during 8 pre-defined surveillance weeks. After obtaining consent, a nasal swab was taken and analysed for growth of S. aureus. Furthermore, a standardised questionnaire was c...

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Prospective, cross-sectional study on MSSA and MRSA colonisation in hospitalised children

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Prospective, cross-sectional study on MSSA and MRSA colonisation in hospitalised children

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