Contamination of environmental surfaces with Staphylococcus aureus in households with children infected with methicillin-resistant S aureus.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Household environmental surfaces may serve as vectors for the acquisition and spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among household members, although few studies have evaluated which objects are important reservoirs of MRSA.

Objectives

To determine the prevalence of environmental MRSA contamination in households of children with MRSA infection; define the molecular epidemiology of environmental, pet, and human MRSA strains within households; and identify factors associated with household MRSA contamination.

Design, setting, and participants

Fifty children with active or recent culture-positive community-associated MRSA infection were enrolled from 2012 to 2013 at St Louis Children's Hospital and at community pediatric practices affili

SUBMITTER: Fritz SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4219733 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature