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01.06.2014 | Brief Report
tst1-positive ST22-MRSA-IVa in healthy Italian preschool children
verfasst von:
D. M. Geraci, C. Bonura, M. Giuffrè, A. Aleo, L. Saporito, G. Graziano, R. M. Valenti, C. Mammina
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Infection
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Ausgabe 3/2014
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Abstract
A survey was performed in May 2013 to assess methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization in healthy children attending 26 municipal daycare centres in Palermo, Italy. Of the 500 children, ten (2 %) tested positive. Eight MRSA isolates were tst1-positive ST22-MRSA-IVa, spa t223; the other two isolates were identified as ST1-IVa and ST398-V, respectively. tst1-positive ST22-MRSA, spa t223 has been previously identified only in the Middle Eastern area.