title: Nasal carriage of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in GPs in the West of Ireland.
abstract: This point-prevalence study was conducted to establish rates of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal carriage in GPs in three counties in the West of Ireland. One hundred and twenty GPs were randomly selected for the study and 78 participated. The prevalence rate of nasal carriage of MRSA in these participants was 7.7%. A number of GPs in the West of Ireland have nasal carriage of MRSA. The results emphasise the need for high standards of infection control in primary care.
authors.affiliation: Western Training Programme in General Practice, Western Health Service Executive, The Nurses Home, UNiversity College Hospital, Galway, Ireland. mulqueenjoan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mulqueen
authors.forename: Fergus
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cafferty
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cormican
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Keane
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossney
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology*; D010821:Physicians, Family; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*