Table 1. Clinical characteristics, positive sites, and resistance profile of the strains isolated from patients colonized by S. aureus.

Case/age in years	Malignancy	Recent hospitalization	Antibiotic prophylaxis	Positive sites	Strain profile	Long permanency device	Blood culture S. aureus	Days of hospitalization	Number of episodes during study
A/10	ALL	Yes	Yes	Nasal	MSSA	No	Negative	7	2
B/4	Wilms	No	Yes	Nasal	MSSA	No	Positive/ MSSA	8	1
C/4	Histiocytosis	Yes	No	Nasal OP Anal	HA-MRSA	No Yes	Negative	16	1
D/15	Ewing	Yes	No	Anal Nasal	HA-MRSA	(180 days)	Negative	22	1
E/4	Neuroblastoma	Yes	No	Anal OP	CA-MRSA	No	Negative	10	2

ALL – acute lymphocytic leukemia; HA-MRSA – health-care associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; CA-MRSA – community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; OP – oropharyngeal