@article{article_544495, title={Evaluation of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection in Children}, journal={Güncel Pediatri}, volume={17}, pages={121–127}, year={2019}, DOI={10.32941/pediatri.544495}, author={Yeşil, Edanur and Çelebi, Solmaz and Özer, Arife and Hacımustafaoğlu, Mustafa}, keywords={Çocukluk dönemi,MRSA,sağlık bakımı ilişkili enfeksiyon,Staphylococcus aureus,toplum kaynaklı enfeksiyon}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"> BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to investigate cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and also to draw attention to community-acquired MRSA in patients hospitalized at our Pediatric Clinics.  <o:p> </o:p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"> METHODS: The patients who had meaningful S. aureus growth in the cultures taken from the patients who were hospitalized in Uludag University Medical Faculty Children’s Health and Diseases Clinics between October 2012-February 2017 were included in the study. SPSS 17.0 program was used for statistical analysis. <o:p> </o:p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"> RESULTS: A total of 31 S. aureus infections were detected during this period. Seventeen (54.8%) of the cases with S. aureus infection were health care related. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus was present in 12 (70.5%) of the healthcare-acquired staphylococcal infections. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus was detected in 12 (85.7%) of 14 community-acquired staphylococcal infections. Eighty-three percent (n=10) of community-acquired MRSA infections were male and their mean age was 67.6 ± 77.8 months (median 26, range 1-204). Sixty-seven percent (n=8) of healthcare-acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA) were male and their mean age was 106.7±81.3 months (median 108, range 0-222) <a name="OLE_LINK14"> </a> <a name="OLE_LINK13">. </a> Most of the community-acquired MRSA patients were diagnosed with soft tissue infection. In the HA-MRSA cases, bacteraemia was the most common infection. <a name="OLE_LINK20"> </a> <a name="OLE_LINK19"> Sixty-nine percent of the soft tissue infections originated from CA-MRSA, 73% of the other infections originating from HA-MRSA (p=0.041) </a> . MRSA associated mortality was not detected in the cases. <o:p> </o:p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"> CONC}, number={1}, publisher={Galenos Yayınevi}