A long-term study of the nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in healthy Nigerian students

Abstract

892 nasal swabs were collected from 50 pharmacy students (25 male and 25 female) over a period of 15 months. 323 (36.2%) contained Staphylococcus aureus and analysis of the results showed that 19 (38%) of the subjects were true nasal carriers of S. aureus, 23 (46%) were non-carriers, and the other 8 (16%) were sporadic non-carriers. 84% of the 162 isolates tested were resistant to penicillin and 58% were resistant to tetracycline.

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