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Communication

Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Brazilian Children

by
Marcelo J. Mimica
1,2,* and
Maria Fernanda Bádue-Pereira
2
1
Division of Microbiology (Department of Pathology), Santa Casa School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
2
Division of Infectious Diseases (Department of Pediatrics), Santa Casa School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
GERMS 2014, 4(1), 22; https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2014.1051
Submission received: 28 February 2014 / Revised: 1 March 2014 / Accepted: 1 March 2014 / Published: 3 March 2014
Versions Notes
To the editor,
We read with interest the paper authored by Preoțescu LL and Streinu-Cercel O [1], and would like to input more data into their brief review on the subject of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children. We have previously performed and published [2] a colonization study, from March to November 2009, in 197 children in São Paulo, Brazil. Samples were obtained using swabs from both the anterior nares and the oropharynx of each individual.
The overall prevalence of S. aureus was 65% and prevalence of methicillin-resistant isolates was 5.9%. In 51 patients (25.9%), S. aureus was detected in both sites. Oropharyngeal colonization without nasal colonization occurred in 42 cases (21.3%), whereas nasal colonization without colonization of the oropharynx was the case for 35 children (17.8%). Of the eleven MRSA isolates, six (3.2%) were found only in the oropharynx and three (1.6%) only in nares.
Our results have shown, in addition to a high prevalence of colonization, the importance of investigating other sites in addition to the anterior nares.

References

  1. Preoţescu, L.L.; Streinu-Cercel, O. Prevalence of nasal carriage of S aureus in children. GERMS. 2013, 3, 49–51. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  2. Bádue Pereira, M.F.; Mimica, M.J.; de Lima Bigelli Carvalho, R.; Scheffer, D.K.; Berezin, E.N. High rate of Staphylococcus aureus oropharyngeal colonization in children. J Infect. 2012, 64, 338–40. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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Mimica, M.J.; Bádue-Pereira, M.F. Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Brazilian Children. GERMS 2014, 4, 22. https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2014.1051

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Mimica MJ, Bádue-Pereira MF. Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Brazilian Children. GERMS. 2014; 4(1):22. https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2014.1051

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Mimica, Marcelo J., and Maria Fernanda Bádue-Pereira. 2014. "Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Brazilian Children" GERMS 4, no. 1: 22. https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2014.1051

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Mimica, M. J., & Bádue-Pereira, M. F. (2014). Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Brazilian Children. GERMS, 4(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2014.1051

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