PREVALENCE OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THAILAND

• Published in: Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 1498 - 1504
• Main Authors: KITTI, Thawatchai, BOONYONYING, Kamala, SITTHISAK, Sutthirat
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bangkok SEAMO, Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network 01.11.2011; Central Coordinating Board, SEAMEO-TROPMED Project
• Subjects: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Carrier State; Colonization; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; Female; General aspects; Health risks; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Nasal Cavity - microbiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prevalence; Public health; Risk Factors; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections; Thailand - epidemiology; Thailand; Asia; Infection; Prevalence; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Tropical medicine; Micrococcaceae; Student; Staphylococcal infection; Epidemiology; Staphylococcus aureus

We studied the prevalence of methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization among healthy young Thai adults. MSSA nasal colonization was found in 30 of 200 subjects (15%). The prevalence of MRSAnasal carriage was 1% (2 of...