Objective: To investigate the distribution and drug resistance situation of staphylococcus aureus (SA) and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from the classroom environments in primary schools of Guangzhou. Methods: The air and the surfaces of door handles, desks, chairs, light switches and floor were sampled in the classrooms of 8 primary schools selected through stratified clustering method in Guangzhou from May to June, 2016. SA and MRSA were isolated and identified, and drug sensitivity tests were conducted. Results: A total of 760 samples were collected, the detection rate of SA and MRSA were 8.8% and 4.2%, respectively. There were statistically significant differences in the detection rate of staphylococcus aureus among different sampling sites(P<0.01).Detection of SA and MRSA on the floor,light’s witches and surface of deskes was both above 6.0%. The multiple drug resistance rate of MRSA was up to 100.0%, and the main resistance mode was Penicillin-Erythromycin-Rifampin-Tetracycline-Teicolanin. Conclusion MRSA can be detected in air, door handles, desk surface, chair surface, light switch and floor of primary schools. Relevant administration departments should pay attention to the environments health of Guangzhou primary schools.

Objective: To investigate the antibiotic resistance spectrum and genetic characteristics of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MDRSA) nasal isolate among primary school students, and to provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control of masal MDRSA resistance and the selection of clincal drugs in children. Methods: Antibiotic susceptibility experiments were performed on all SA isolates of 1 705 primary school students from 8 primary schools in Guangzhou selected by using multistage cluster stratified sampling method. MDRSA antibiotic susceptibility spectrum was analyzed, and the resistant, virulence and immune evasion cluster(IEC) genes detected by polymerase chain reaction(PCR). Results: The prevalence of MDRSA nasal carriage was 20.76%(354/1 705), and the proportion of multidrug resistance among SA isolates was 96.20%(354/368). The predominant resistant antibiotics of MDRSA isolates were penicillin(99.72%), erythromycin(96.33%), clindamycin(90.96%) and teicoplanin(90.11%). Notably, 240(67.80%, 240/354) MDRSA isolates were resistant to more than six antimicrobial categories. And the predominant detection rates of resistant genes were BlaZ(92.66%), Tet(M)(49.72%), virulence genes Tst(25.42%) and IEC genes Sak(92.09%), Hlb(61.58%). Conclusion We found high prevalence of nasal colonization MDRSA from healthy children. Moreover, MDRSA isolates has a high resistant rate to multiple antibiotics, and the proportion of resistant to ≥6 antimicrobial categories is high.