Open AccessMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization Among Health Care Workers of a Tertiary Hospital in Ecuador and Associated Risk Factors
Author(s) -
Isabel Baroja,
Sara S Gallardo Guerra,
Marco Coral-Almeida,
Aránzazu Pardo Ruiz,
Juan Miguel Galarza,
Jacobus H. de Waard,
Carlos BastidasCaldes
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s326148
Subject(s) - medicine , colonization , carriage , staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , risk factor , univariate analysis , outbreak , multivariate analysis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , virology , genetics , pathology , bacteria
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is resistant to most of the commonly used antibiotics and is therefore a public health issue. Colonization with MRSA is a risk factor for infection or transmission.