Gastrointestinal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 24 (1), 137-138
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.24.1.137-138.1986
Abstract
Nasal and rectal cultures were taken from all patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus identified on routine cultures obtained because of clinical indications. Of 117 patients studied over a 3-year period, 70 (60%) had rectal colonization and 62 (53%) had nasal colonization. Rectal colonization, probably reflecting gastrointestional carriage, may be a source of transmission of methicillin-resistant S. aureus in hospitalized patients and may be difficult to eradicate.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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