Changing pattern of nasal carriage of staphylococcus aureus in undergraduate medical students.
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2011-10
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Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus is the most common pathogen in nosocomial infections
(4-6,17,19). Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is now considered a well defined risk factor
for subsequent infections in various groups of patients (5,8,12,19). Nasal carriage of the pathogen
among hospital personnel is an important source of nosocomial infection (1.3.18). Very few
dedicated studies have investigated the nasal carriage state among medical students (3,18,21).
Incidence of Staphylococcus aureus in the nasal flora of medical students, with or without
varying degrees of clinical exposures were determined in our study. Nasal cultures from these
students demonstrated a significantly increasing rate of colonization of Staphylococcus aureus
with increased clinical exposure and also a corresponding increase in Methicillin resistance.
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Medical students, Nasal carriage, MRSA
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Ravi G C, Shivaprasad Aparna, Shenoy Poornima, Nagaraj B T. Changing pattern of nasal carriage of staphylococcus aureus in undergraduate medical students. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology. 2011 Oct-Dec; 2(4): 58-63.