Among the 130 patients, 117 (90%%) benefited from bacteriological sampling from the nidus of infection and 22 (17 %) of those presented with bacteremia at admission.
Bacteriological samples were obtained from all patients by swabbing the middle meatus mucosa under endoscopic control.
Bacteriological samples were collected from the 3 deepest periodontal pockets of each dentate patient.
Within 48 hours of admission a total of 716 bacteriological samples were taken from 438 patients (81.3%).
Materials and methods Single-center retrospective study of 7 months, including any serious burned hospitalized for more than 48 h in intensive care, and who benefited from bacteriological samples during his stay.
The isolates represented all MRSA detected in horses in Sweden in the study period and originated from clinical sampling of wound infections (n = 10) using swabs for routine bacteriological sampling or from nasal screening (n = 2), as listed below and in Table 1.
Bacteriological samples were collected with a sterile wooden stick (8) from the interdigital skin of feet with footrot.
Bacteriological samples were performed on tracheal aspirate.
Additional bacteriological samples were taken in presence of infectious signs.
