Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus in children in a tertiary care pediatric hospital in Milan, Italy, 2017-2021.

Adriano La VecchiaGiulio IppolitoVittoria TaccaniElisabetta GattiPatrizia BonoSilvia BettocchiRaffaella PinzaniClaudia TagliabueSamantha BosisPaola MarchisioCarlo Virginio Agostoni

Published in: Italian journal of pediatrics (2022)

The proportion of MRSA did not change during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained high. Clindamycin should not be used as an empirical MRSA treatment due to its high resistance.

Keyphrases

staphylococcus aureus
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
tertiary care
biofilm formation
young adults
healthcare
adverse drug
electronic health record
smoking cessation
childhood cancer
drug induced