A survey of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal ward in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
The nasal carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus among maternal-infant pairs was 18% compared with 39% among hospital staff in Ile-Ife, Nigeria during a 12-week survey. Of the newborns, 46% tested positive compared with 26% of their mothers. The S. aureus phage types recovered were predominantly of the group III type (38%); however, 28% of the strains isolated were non-typable. All the S. aureus strains were resistant to penicillin, 84% to tetracycline, and 35 and 24% were resistant to streptomycin and chloramphenicol, respectively. Altogether 19% of the strains tested were resistant to methicillin.
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Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009035:Mothers; D009549:Nigeria; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*