Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization Among Health Care Workers of a Tertiary Hospital in Ecuador and Associated Risk Factors.
Isabel BarojaSara GuerraMarco Coral-AlmeidaAlejandra RuízJuan Miguel GalarzaJacobus H de WaardCarlos Bastidas-CaldesPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2021)
About 20% of the HCWs who were colonized with SA were colonized with MRSA, representing a risk for nosocomial infections and hospital outbreaks. Active monitoring and a decolonization treatment of the HCWs can reduce these risks.