Frequency of detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from rectovaginal swabs in pregnant women

C Buddy Creech; Brandon Litzner; Thomas R Talbot; William Schaffner

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2009.06.015

Frequency of detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from rectovaginal swabs in pregnant women

Am J Infect Control. 2010 Feb;38(1):72-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.06.015. Epub 2009 Oct 21.

Authors

C Buddy Creech¹, Brandon Litzner, Thomas R Talbot, William Schaffner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN 37232-2573, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 19836855
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.06.015

Abstract

Clinical samples from 250 pregnant women undergoing screening for rectovaginal group B streptococcus colonization were evaluated concurrently for the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Overall, S aureus was detected in 21.6% of the women; 53.7% of the isolates were MRSA. Despite a lack of risk factors for MRSA colonization, rectovaginal MRSA was detected in 10.4% of pregnant women in this study.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Carrier State / epidemiology*
Carrier State / microbiology
Female
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
Prevalence
Rectum / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Vagina / microbiology*