Carriage carrier and antibiotic resistance of staphylococcus aureus isolated in healthy children in some communities of Thua Thien Hue, Tay Ninh and Can Tho province
- Author:
Pham Van Ca
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
antibiotic, children
- MeSH:
Child;
Staphylococcus aureus;
Drug Resistance;
epidemiology
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2003;13(5):46-49
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study was performed from 11/2001 to 3/2002 in Thua Thien Hue, Tay Ninh and Can Tho. 734 healthy children under 6 years of age were investigated for nose-throat staphyloccoccus aureus carriage. Results showed their 11.2 % – 32.7% carried S. aureus, among them benzyl-penicillin resistance in Thua Thien Hue accounted for 92.8%, in Can Tho 95.2% and Tay Ninh 97.6%; Crythromycine 25%, 35.7% and 32.9% respectively; Chloramphenicol resistance 14.8%, 50% and 58.5% respectively. No resistance to almost cephalosporine, gentamycine, co-trimoxazole and ciprofloxacin was reported in S.aureus
