Increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp. colonization among pregnant individuals during COVID-19 pandemic

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 14961 - 7
• Main Authors: Rio-Tinto, A., Costa, N. S., Alvim, D. C. S. S., Oliveira, L. M. A., De Oliveira, T. L. R., Dos Santos, K. R. N., Fracalanzza, S. E. L., Teixeira, L. M., Marinho, P., Taylor, S., Thomas, S., Pinto, T. C. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 28.06.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326/1320; 631/326/2522; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antimicrobial agents; Antimicrobial resistance; Brazil - epidemiology; Colonization; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - virology; Disease transmission; Drug resistance; Female; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; MecA protein; Methicillin; Methicillin-resistant staphylococci; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - genetics; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; multidisciplinary; Multidrug resistance; Neonates; New combinations; Pandemics; Population studies; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - microbiology; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification; SCCmec typing; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcus; Strains (organisms); Vagina - microbiology; Brazil; COVID-19; Pregnancy; typing; SCC; Antimicrobial resistance; Methicillin-resistant staphylococci; SCCmec typing

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (MRS) has been associated with neonatal infections, with colonization of the anovaginal tract being the main source of vertical transmission. The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the frequency of antibiotic usage, potentially contributing to changes in the dynamics...