Vaginal colonization with virulent and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Ugandan women in Labour
This study demonstrated that 15% of the S. aureus colonizing the female lower genital tract of mothers in labour in central Uganda carried one or more virulence genes, mostly pvl, indicating potential for newborn infection with S. aureus acquired in the maternal birth canal. More than half of the isolates were MRSA.
Authors
- Emmanuel Aboce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8895-0259)
- Claudine Mukashyaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-7661)
- Alfred Okeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5109-3791)
- Richard Kwizera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5270-3539)
- Freddie Bwanga
- Olive Namugga
- David Patrick Kateete (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8075-3069)
- Victoria Nankabirwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9952-8942)
- Halvor Sommerfelt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5670-9786)
- Josephine Tumuhamye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5733-7227)
Institutions
- Infectious Diseases Institute (UG)
- Joint Clinical Research Centre (UG)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Microbiology
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03460-9
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.56
Funders
- Universitetet i Bergen
- Norges Forskningsråd
- Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health, University of Bergen