Staphylococcus aureus nasal and pharyngeal carriage in Senegal. (30th October 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fall, C.; Richard, V.; Dufougeray, A.; Biron, A.; Seck, A.; Laurent, F.; Breurec, S.; Bottieau, E.
• Is Part Of: Clinical microbiology and infection. Volume 20:Number 4(2014:Apr.)
• Page Start: O239
• Page End: O241
• Publication Date: 2013-10-30
• Subjects: Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Diagnostic microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.01
• DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12385
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1198-743X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="clm12385-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Nasal and pharyngeal swabs were collected from 132 patients admitted to the Principal Hospital in Dakar (Senegal), in January and February 2012. The prevalence of <italic>Staphylococcus aureus</italic> carriage was 56.1% (<italic>n</italic> = 74): 40.2% for pharyngeal samples and 36.4% for nasal samples. None of the isolates was methicillin‐resistant. Carriage was independently associated with being female (p &lt;0.01) and large households (≥15 members) (p 0.04). The <italic>luk</italic>‐PV genes encoding Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL) were present in 26.2% of the isolates. These data highlight the importance of the oropharynx as a site of colonization, and the high prevalence of PVL‐positive isolates in Senegal as compared with industrialized countries.</p> </abstract>