Nasal carriers of coagulase-positive staphylococci in a Nigerian hospital community

Paul, M.; Lamikanra, Adebayo; Aderibigbe, D. A.

doi:10.1016/0035-9203(82)90180-8

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“…Ninety-nine (73-8 %) could not be lysed by any of the phages at 100 RTD. Twenty-three isolates were lysed by phage 29 is between 30 and 50 % [3][4][5][6][16][17][18]. However, 86-6 % of the S. aureus strains produced enterotoxins.…”

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“…They inhabit the skin, mucous membranes, anterior nares, eyes and gastrointestinal tract of asymptomatic individuals [1][2][3][4][5][6] where they can exist as resident or as transient members of the normal flora without causing disease. However, some strains of S. aureus also cause infections in humans including food poisoning [7][8][9][10].…”

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“…Nasal carriage of antibiotic-resistant S. aureus by hospital workers is an important source of outbreaks of staphylococcal infections in hospitals [3][4][5][6][16][17][18]. Whereas nasal carriage of antibiotic-resistant S. aureus among hospital workers has been studied extensively, data on the nasal carriage of enterotoxigenic S. aureus is less extensive [19].…”

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Nasal carriage of enterotoxin-producingStaphylococcus aureusamong restaurant workers in Kuwait City

1996

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SUMMARYEnterotoxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of staphylococcal food poisoning. To determine the incidence of carriage of enterotoxin-producing S. aureus in a sample of the healthy population in Kuwait city, restaurant workers in the city were screened for nasal carriage of S. aureus. 26-6% of 500 workers studied carried S. aureus and 86-6% of the S. aureus produced staphylococcal enterotoxins. 28 % produced enterotoxin A, 28&5 % produced enterotoxin B, 16-4% produced enterotoxin C and 355% produced enterotoxin D. Ten isolates produced both enterotoxins A and B or A and C. 73 % of the isolates were untypeable with standard phages. However, 17 1 %, 3 % and 6% belonged to phage groups I, II and III respectively. The results demonstrated a high level of enterotoxigenic S. aureus carriage among restaurant workers which although lower than that reported for the general population and hospital workers may be important in the restaurant industry.

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Nasal carriage of enterotoxin-producingStaphylococcus aureusamong restaurant workers in Kuwait City

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“…The results of earlier work by Paul, Lamikanra & Aderibigbe (1982) show that, like some other places, namely Britain, the United States and Australia (Williams, 1963), approximately 50 % of the population of a Nigerian hospital harbour pathogenic staphylococci in their anterior nares, i.e. are nasal carriers.…”

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Antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of hospital and non-hospital strains ofStaphylococcus aureusisolated from nasal carriers

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Aderibigbe

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J. Hyg.

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SUMMARYThe nasal carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus was significantly higher in hospitalized persons (children, adult females and staff) -53-8 %, -than in similar persons at a local clinic -29-8 % (P < 0-001) -in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. However, unlike studies carried out elsewhere, a higher proportion ofS. aureus strains obtained from persons at the clinic were resistant to commonly used antimicrobial agents than were strains isolated in the hospital. This has been attributed to the ease at which these drugs can be obtained by the general population and used unsupervised and indiscriminately. Methicillin was the most effective antimicrobial agent against pathogenic staphylococci (2-2 % resistance), followed by erythromycin (16-5 % resistance), co-trimaxozole (28-0 % resistance), chloramphenicol (76-9 % resistance), tetracycline (78-6 % resistance) and penicillin and ampicillin (97-8 % resistance).The widespread resistance of S. aureus to penicillin and ampicillin (and other antimicrobial agents) is of clinical significance in the treatment of post-operative infections, since carriers are reportedly more prone to such infections than are non-carriers.

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“…Several studies have reported that the rate of the nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus among the HCWs ranges from 16.8%-56.1 % [3][4][5][6] The screening of the nasal carriage in HCWs is an important component in the control of MRSA in any health care facility. The identification of the colonized staff members allows the appropriate management of these persons, to prevent the spread to others [7].…”

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The Prevalence of Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus Aureus Among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Assam with Special Reference to MRSA

Rongpharpi¹

2013

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Background: The recent years have witnessed the increasing resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to many antimicrobial agents. The most notable example is the emergence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which was reported just one year after the launch of methicillin. The ecological niches of the S. aureus strains are the anterior nares. The identification of Staphylococcus aureus by using a proper antibiogram and the detection of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus greatly contribute towards the effective treatment of the patients. Aims and Objectives:To isolate Staphylococcus aureus from the nasal swabs of healthcare workers (HCWs) and to study their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, which include methicillin resistance. Materials and Methods:Nasal swabs were collected from the healthcare workers of various clinical departments of the hospital over a period of one year. The isolation of Staphylococcus aureus and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns were carried out by standard bacteriological procedures. Results:Staphylococcus aureus was isolated in 70 cases (22.22%). The prevalence of the S.aureus nasal carriage was higher among the male HCWs (54.28%) than among the female HCWs (45.71%). The carriage rate was the highest in the orthopaedics department, followed by those in the surgery and the gynaecology departments. All the Staphylococcus aureus isolates were sensitive to vancomycin and linezolid (100%). Penicillin and ampicillin were the most resistant, (90% and 88.6%) respectively. Methicillin resistance was seen in11.43% of the S.aureus isolates, both by the disc diffusion test and by the Oxacillin Resistance Screen Agar (ORSA) test.

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Nasal carriers of coagulase-positive staphylococci in a Nigerian hospital community

Cited by 29 publications

References 18 publications

Nasal carriage of enterotoxin-producingStaphylococcus aureusamong restaurant workers in Kuwait City

Nasal carriage of enterotoxin-producingStaphylococcus aureusamong restaurant workers in Kuwait City

Antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of hospital and non-hospital strains ofStaphylococcus aureusisolated from nasal carriers

The Prevalence of Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus Aureus Among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Assam with Special Reference to MRSA

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