Prevalence of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus among health care workers of intensive care units in Ecuador

Alejandra Ruiz; Marcelo Mora; Camilo Zurita; Danny Larco; Yadira Toapanta; Jeannete Zurita

doi:10.3855/jidc.3535

Prevalence of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus among health care workers of intensive care units in Ecuador

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Alejandra Ruiz Facultad de Ingeniería en Biotecnología, Escuela Politécnica del Ejército, Sangolquí, Ecuador
Marcelo Mora Centro Internacional de Investigaciones en la Salud-Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
Camilo Zurita Centro Internacional de Investigaciones en la Salud-Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
Danny Larco Centro Internacional de Investigaciones en la Salud-Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
Yadira Toapanta Centro Internacional de Investigaciones en la Salud-Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
Jeannete Zurita Centro Internacional de Investigaciones en la Salud-Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.3535

Keywords:

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), intensive care unit, health care facility

Abstract

Introduction: Colonization of health care workers with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been an important route of dispersion and infection of MRSA and has been implicated in epidemic outbreaks. The objective of the present study was to assess prevalence of MRSA colonization in the anterior nares of health care personnel at the intensive care unit (ICUs) of three hospital facilities in Quito, Ecuador.

Methodology: The prevalence of MRSA in specimens from all ICU health care workers of three hospitals was measured by using a real-time PCR assay and CHROMagar MRSA.

Results: The prevalence of MRSA among the three health care facilities was 2.4%.

Conclusion: The prevalence of MRSA colonization was relatively low compared to other studies and showed no differences between hospital facilities.

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2014-01-15

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Ruiz A, Mora M, Zurita C, Larco D, Toapanta Y, Zurita J (2014) Prevalence of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus among health care workers of intensive care units in Ecuador. J Infect Dev Ctries 8:116–119. doi: 10.3855/jidc.3535

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Vol. 8 No. 01: January 2014

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