ArticleBMC infectious diseases2020
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan: prevalence, molecular characteristics and associated factors with nasal carriage.
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- Risk factors for methicillin-resistantThe Journal of international medical research · 2022Pooled it
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- Prevalence and associated risk factors of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among a cohort of immunocompromised individuals in Lagos, Nigeria.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Nasal colonization by potentially pathogenic bacteria, their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and risk factors for colonization among cancer patients at Dessie comprehensive specialized hospital, Northeast Ethiopia.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Substantial co-trimoxazole resistant S. aureus nasal carriage despite low colonization among people living with HIV in Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Risk factors of methicillin-resistantFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in Immunocompromised Patients.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Prevalence and genetic lineages ofIJID regions · 2022Review
- Methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and its associated factors among HIV patients attending art clinic at Dessie comprehensive specialized hospital, Dessie, North East Ethiopia.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Evaluation of the Negative Predictive Value of Methicillin-ResistantInfection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- Virulence alterations in staphylococcus aureus upon treatment with the sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics.Journal of advanced research · 2021Review
- Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-NegativeThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2021Article
- Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-ResistantInfection and drug resistance · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate nasal carriage, antibiotic susceptibility and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), as well as the risk factors of MRSA colonization, in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients in northern Taiwan.
methodsFrom September 2014 to November 2015, HIV-infected patients seeking outpatient care at four hospitals were eligible for this study. A nasal specimen was obtained from each subject for the detection of S. aureus and a questionnaire was completed by each subject. MRSA isolates once identified were characterized.
resultsOf 553 patients surveyed, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) was detected in 119 subjects (21.5%) and MRSA in 19 subjects (3.4%). Female gender, injection drug use, smoking, hepatitis C virus carrier, cancer and antibiotic use within 1 year were positively associated with MRSA colonization. By multivariate analysis, only cancer (adjust odds ratio (aOR) 7.78, [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.909-31.731]) and antibiotic use within 1 year (aOR 3.89, [95% CI, 1.219-12.433]) were significantly associated with MRSA colonization. Ten isolates were characterized as sequence type (ST) 59/staphylococcal chromosome cassette (SCC) IV or V
conclusionsNasal MRSA carriage in HIV-infected patients seeking outpatient care was low (3.4%) in northern Taiwan. Most of the colonizing isolates were genetically endemic community strains and exhibited high susceptibility to TMP-SMX and fluoroquinolones. Cancer and antibiotic use within 1 year were associated with MRSA colonization.
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