Colonization of HIV-Infected Children with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract

HIV infection is a risk factor for nasal colonization of <i>S. aureus</i> among children in Accra but may not be for MRSA. Both the HIV-infected and uninfected children are reservoirs of multidrug resistant <i>S. aureus</i>. Demographic, household and clinical features appear to have little or no relationship with <i>S. aureus</i> and MRSA colonization in the study children.