Isolation, Identification and Antibacterial Susceptibility of Staphylococcus spp. Associated with the Mobile Phones of University Students

• Published in: Biocontrol Science Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 91 - 98
• Main Authors: ISHIZAKI, NAOTO, FUKUYAMA, MASAFUMI, SOGAWA, KAZUYUKI, FURUHATA, KATSUNORI, KAWAKAMI, YASUSHI, SATO, MASAHIRO, LEE, SHIN-ICHI
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Society for Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents, Japan 2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibacterial susceptibility; Cell Phone; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Female; Humans; Male; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Mobile phone; Public Health Surveillance; Staphylococcus; Staphylococcus - classification; Staphylococcus - drug effects; Staphylococcus - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus spp; Students; Universities; Young Adult

From May 2014 to February 2015, 319 university students (male, n=173; female n=146) of 18 to 24 years of age who carried mobile phones or computer tablets were selected as subjects. Staphylococcus spp. were detected in 101 of 319 samples (31.7%). In the present study, 11 strains of S. aureus were is...