Ľudmila Kmečová, Karol Králinský, Zuzana Bečková, Zuzana Kónyová, Oľga Švecová, Jana Krokošová
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) belongs to a group of bacteria forming the ESCAPE group (acronym of bacteria that cause severe hospital infection – Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacteriaceae). The Slovak republic is in the red zone of staphylococcal resistance (red zone 25-50%), the average incidence of MRSA in Slovak republic is 29% in 2017. Neighboring countries have a percentage of resistance up to 25%. MRSA is becoming a growing medical problem. Population aging, immunosuppressive therapy, long-term venous inputs, implants, high consumption of antibiotics in veterinary and human medicine are factors that increase its incidence. The article deals with MRSA’s situation at Children Clinic in Banská Bystrica from 2016-2018.
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