High prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage among infants at the Children’s Hospital, Accra, Ghana

Introduction: Infants are at risk of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) colonization and infection. The aim of this study was to investigate S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) colonization among infants, including the prevalence, predictors of colonization, and antibiogram. Meth...

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Published in:	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Main Authors:	Fleischer CN Kotey, Sandra A Awugah, Nicholas TKD Dayie, Patience B Tetteh-Quarcoo, Samuel Duodu, Mary-Magdalene Osei, Jeannette N Bentum, Mame Y Nyarko, Margaret L Neizer, Khalaf F Alsharif, Ibrahim F Halawani, Khalid J Alzahrani, Eric S Donkor
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2022-09-01
Subjects:	Multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA Infants PCR mecA
Online Access:	https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/14839