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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2021

Nasal Methicillin-Resistant

Kuan-Hung Chen, Wen-Ching Chuang, Wang-Kin Wong, Chih-Hsien Chuang, Chih-Jung Chen, Yhu-Chering Huang

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kuan-Hung ChenDepartment of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Wen-Ching ChuangDepartment of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Wang-Kin WongDepartment of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Chih-Hsien ChuangDepartment of Pediatrics, St. Paul's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chih-Jung ChenCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Yhu-Chering HuangCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chang Gung University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn 2012, we identified the dissemination of methicillin-resistant

methodsA cross-sectional study involving a total of 1935 foreign workers-929 (arrival group) and 1006 (staying group)-from Vietnam (n = 843), Indonesia (n = 780), the Philippines (n = 239), and Thailand (n = 70) were conveniently recruited during upon-arrival and regular health examination in a regional hospital. A nasal swab was obtained from each participant for detection of MRSA.

resultsOverall, MRSA carriage rate was 2.72%, with 2.26% for arrival group and 3.18% for staying group, and 4.74% for Vietnamese, 1.28% for Indonesians, 1.26% for Filipino, and none for Thai workers. Pulsotype AK/ST45 (57%) and pulsotype AX/ST188 (14%) were the top 2 dominant clones for the arrival group, whereas pulsotype D/ST59 (41%) (an endemic community clone in Taiwan) and pulsotype AK/ST45 (19%) were predominant for the staying group. A significant decrease of pulsotype AK/ST45 from 57% to 19% (

conclusionsApproximately 3% of foreign workers recruited from Southeastern Asian countries to Taiwan were colonized with MRSA, including the ST45 strain. However, the MRSA isolates from workers staying in Taiwan were mostly a locally endemic clone and genetically different from those identified from workers on arrival.

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carriageforeign workermethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureussequence type 45Taiwan

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