Seventy-six human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage were randomized to treatment groups receiving intranasal mupirocin or placebo twice daily for 5 days. Nasal cultures for S. aureus were obtained at 1, 2, 6, and 10 weeks after therapy. At 1 week, 88% of mupirocin-treated patients had negative nasal cultures compared with 8% in placebo pati...

To determine whether persons living in areas of high animal density are at increased risk for carrying livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA), we used an existing dataset of persons in the Netherlands with LA-MRSA carriage and controls who carried other types of MRSA. Results of running univariate and multivariate logistic regression models indicated that liv...

OBJECTIVES To determine the relevance of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus, either methicillin-sensitive (MSSA) or methicillin-resistant (MRSA), as a risk factor for the development of nosocomial S aureus bacteremia during an MRSA outbreak. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this prospective cohort study, 488 patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) during a 1-year period were screened wi...

Staphylococcus aureus is presently regarded as an emerging zoonotic agent due to the spread of specific methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clones in pig farms. Studying the microbiota can be useful for the identification of bacteria that antagonize such opportunistic veterinary and zoonotic pathogen in animal carriers. The aim of this study was to determine whether the nasal microbiome of p...

*Corresponding Author: [email protected] Abstract The aim of the study was to screening for coagulase positive methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthcare workers and prevalence of nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus. We included 84 healthcare workers’ samples (nasal swabs) in the study. Different biochemical tests were done to isolate Staphylococcus aureus...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has evolved as one of the most important causes of hospital infections worldwide. Screening for carriage of (MRSA) is fundamental to modern-day nosocomial infection control. Effective decolonization decreases the risk of subsequent staphylococcal infection and controls the spread of MRSA. The aim of this study was to identity the frequency of M...