Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal cariage among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in the Clinical center of Serbia
The aim of the present study was to provide the first comprehensive analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage among patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) in the largest healthcare facility in Serbia. Specimens from anterior nares obtained from 195 hospitalized...
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| author | Ćirković Ivana Đukić Slobodanka Carević Biljana Mazić Nataša Mioljević Vesna Stepanović S. |
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| description | The aim of the present study was to provide the first comprehensive analysis
of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage among patients
and healthcare workers (HCWs) in the largest healthcare facility in Serbia.
Specimens from anterior nares obtained from 195 hospitalized patients and 105
HCWs were inoculated after broth enrichment onto chromogenic MRSA-ID medium.
In total, 21 of 300 specimens yielded MRSA. Among hospitalized patients, 7.7%
were colonized with MRSA, and 5.7% HCWs were colonized with MRSA. Five out of
21 (23.8%) tested MRSA strains were classified as community-associated MRSA
(CA-MRSA), and four of them were isolated from HCWs. The remaining 16 MRSA
strains had characteristics of healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA), and two
of them were isolated from HCWs. The HA-MRSA strains isolated from HCWs were
indistinguishable from HA-MRSA of the same cluster isolated from patients.
This finding reveals the circulation of HA-MRSA strains between patients and
HCWs in the Clinical Center of Serbia. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike
Srbije, br. ON 175039] |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a3e300b11a374f52922bddc6fd1971422022-12-21T19:01:49ZengUniversity of Belgrade, University of Novi SadArchives of Biological Sciences0354-46641821-43392014-01-01661879210.2298/ABS1401087C0354-46641401087CMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal cariage among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in the Clinical center of SerbiaĆirković Ivana0Đukić Slobodanka1Carević Biljana2Mazić Nataša3Mioljević Vesna4Stepanović S.5Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, BelgradeInstitute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, BelgradeDepartment of Epidemiology, Clinical Center of Serbia, BelgradeDepartment of Epidemiology, Clinical Center of Serbia, BelgradeDepartment of Epidemiology, Clinical Center of Serbia, BelgradeInstitute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, BelgradeThe aim of the present study was to provide the first comprehensive analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage among patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) in the largest healthcare facility in Serbia. Specimens from anterior nares obtained from 195 hospitalized patients and 105 HCWs were inoculated after broth enrichment onto chromogenic MRSA-ID medium. In total, 21 of 300 specimens yielded MRSA. Among hospitalized patients, 7.7% were colonized with MRSA, and 5.7% HCWs were colonized with MRSA. Five out of 21 (23.8%) tested MRSA strains were classified as community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), and four of them were isolated from HCWs. The remaining 16 MRSA strains had characteristics of healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA), and two of them were isolated from HCWs. The HA-MRSA strains isolated from HCWs were indistinguishable from HA-MRSA of the same cluster isolated from patients. This finding reveals the circulation of HA-MRSA strains between patients and HCWs in the Clinical Center of Serbia. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. ON 175039]http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2014/0354-46641401087C.pdfMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusnasal carriagepatientshealthcare workers |
| spellingShingle | Ćirković Ivana Đukić Slobodanka Carević Biljana Mazić Nataša Mioljević Vesna Stepanović S. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal cariage among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in the Clinical center of Serbia Archives of Biological Sciences Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage patients healthcare workers |
| title | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal cariage among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in the Clinical center of Serbia |
| title_full | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal cariage among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in the Clinical center of Serbia |
| title_fullStr | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal cariage among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in the Clinical center of Serbia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal cariage among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in the Clinical center of Serbia |
| title_short | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal cariage among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in the Clinical center of Serbia |
| title_sort | methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus nasal cariage among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in the clinical center of serbia |
| topic | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage patients healthcare workers |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2014/0354-46641401087C.pdf |
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