title: Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in hospital staff and its antibiotic sensitivity in Enugu, Nigeria.
abstract: The nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus was investigated in 475 hospital staff of different categories. The overall carriage was 34.42 per cent with a significantly higher rate in females (67.53 per cent) than in males (23.81 per cent). Nurses, orderlies and attending physicians had a higher carriage rate than other categories of staff investigated. The rate was higher in personnel working in accident, neonatal and postnatal wards than in other wards. As many as 51.94 per cent of the strains of S. aureus were resistant to penicillin while 22.72 per cent of them were resistant to ampicillin.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Onyemelukwe
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Gugnani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akujieze
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology*; D009549:Nigeria; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*