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Gastrointestinal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 24 ·No. 1 ·1986-07-00 ·Pages 137-8

Rimland D, Roberson B

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 gastrointestinal carriage, may be a source of transmission of methicillin-resistant S. aureus in hospitalized patients and may be difficult to eradicate.

MeSH Terms
Cross Infection/transmission Humans Methicillin/pharmacology Nasal Cavity/microbiology Penicillin Resistance Rectum/microbiology Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology,transmission Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects
Chemicals
Methicillin
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Rimland D
Roberson B
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.24.1.137-138.1986
Published
1986-07-00
Pages
137-8
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC268848
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.24.1.137-138.1986 PMC Full Text View journal details
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