[Preferential staphylococcal colonizing site in the upper airway].
150 healthy individuals and 162 tonsillopathic patients were investigated for the presence of Staphylococcus species in the upper respiratory tract. S. epidermidis was isolated from the throat in a very small percentage of all the people examined. A great number of healthy individuals (40%) and of patients (70%) were colonized by S. aureus either in the nose or in the throat; 30% of the carriers harboured S. aureus exclusively in the tonsils and in the pharynx.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000382:microbiology; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000382:microbiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000254:growth & development*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000254:growth & development
Sede preferenziale di colonizzazione degli stafilococchi nelle vie aeree superiori.