Title |
High prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureuscolonization among healthy children attending public daycare centers in informal settlements in a large urban center in Brazil
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-14-538 |
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Authors |
Eneida Dias Vianna Braga, Fábio Aguiar-Alves, Maria de Fátima Nogueira de Freitas, Monique Oliveira de e Silva, Thami Valadares Correa, Robert E Snyder, Verônica Afonso de Araújo, Mariel Asbury Marlow, Lee W Riley, Sérgio Setúbal, Licínio Esmeraldo Silva, Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso |
Abstract |
In the past decade methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become increasingly prevalent in community settings. Attending a daycare center (DCC) is a known risk factor for colonization with MRSA. Brazil operates free, public DCCs for low-income families, some of which are located in census tracts defined by the Brazilian Census Bureau as informal settlements (aglomerados subnormais, AGSN). Physical and demographic characteristics of AGSNs suggest that S. aureus colonization prevalence would be higher, but little is known about the prevalence of MRSA in these settings. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Brazil | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 84 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 17 | 20% |
Student > Bachelor | 12 | 14% |
Researcher | 8 | 9% |
Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 8% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 8% |
Other | 11 | 13% |
Unknown | 23 | 27% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 15% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 7 | 8% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 8% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 7% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
Other | 16 | 19% |
Unknown | 32 | 38% |