title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lamikanra
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Olusanya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000382:microbiology*; D009549:Nigeria; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*