High Nasal Carriage Rate of Staphylococcus aureus Containing Panton-Valentine leukocidin- and EDIN-Encoding Genes in Community and Hospital Settings in Burkina Faso

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 7; p. 1406
• Main Authors: Ouedraogo, Abdoul-Salam, Dunyach-Remy, Catherine, Kissou, Aimée, Sanou, Soufiane, Poda, Armel, Kyelem, Carole G., Solassol, Jérôme, Bañuls, Anne-Laure, Van De Perre, Philippe, Ouédraogo, Rasmata, Jean-Pierre, Hélène, Lavigne, Jean-Philippe, Godreuil, Sylvain
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media 13.09.2016; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Bacteriology; Burkina Faso; carriage; Edin; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases; Life Sciences; Microbiology; Microbiology and Parasitology; Oligonucleotide array; PVL; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Staphylococcus aureus; oligonucleotide array; EDIN; carriage; Staphylococcus aureus; PVL

The objectives of the present study were to investigate the rate of S.aureus nasal carriage and molecular characteristics in hospital and community settings in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Nasal samples (n = 219) were collected from 116 healthy volunteers and 103 hospitalized patients in July and A...