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ArticleAdvanced biomedical research2016

Nasal carriage screening of community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in healthy children of a developing country.

Sina Mobasherizadeh, Hasan Shojaei, Seyed Asghar Havaei, Kamyar Mostafavizadeh, Fazlollah Davoodabadi, Farzin Khorvash, Ali Mehrabi Kushki, Abbas Daei-Naser, Fahimeh Ghanbari

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Article in Advanced biomedical research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  8. Community-acquired methicillin-resistantJournal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2017
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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sina MobasherizadehNosocomial Infection Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Hasan ShojaeiInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Seyed Asghar HavaeiDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Kamyar MostafavizadehInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Fazlollah DavoodabadiInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Farzin KhorvashNosocomial Infection Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Ali Mehrabi KushkiDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Abbas Daei-NaserInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Fahimeh GhanbariDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe rapid emergence and spread of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has raised considerable public health concern in both developed and developing countries. The current study aimed to address the extent of this phenomenon in healthy preschool children of a developing country. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe conducted a prospective study from April 2013 to March 2014 on 410 healthy 2-6 years old preschool children in Isfahan, Iran. Demographic medical data and nasal samples were collected from the participating children. Isolates were identified as S. aureus and MRSA based on microbiological and molecular tests, including the presence of eap and mecA genes.

resultsThe overall prevalence of S. aureus and CA-MRSA nasal carriage was 28% (115/410) and 6.1% (25/410), respectively. The identity of isolates was confirmed by molecular assay. The factors that were independently associated with nasal carriage of S. aureus were: Children crowding in day-care nurseries and income level of families. A total of 20/90 (22.2%) of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus and all 25 CA-MRSA displayed multiple drug resistance to 3-8 antibiotics.

conclusionsThe current report reflects issues and concerns that the high rate of colonization by CA-MRSA in Iranian healthy children provides obliging evidence that MRSA have established a foothold in the community and are emerging as important health threatening pathogens. It is suggested that we need more effective infection control measures to prevent transmission of nasal CA-MRSA in healthy preschool children.

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Community acquireddrug resistancemethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus aureus

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