Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus among Children in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nasal carriage with Staphylococcus aureus is a common risk factor for invasive infections, indicating the necessity to monitor prevalent strains, particularly in the vulnerable paediatric population. This surveillance study aims to identify carriage rates, subtypes, antimicrobial susceptibilities and virulence markers of nasal S. aureus isolates collected from children living in the Ashanti region of Ghana.

Methods

Nasal swabs were obtained from children < 15 years of age on admission to the Agogo Presbyterian Hospital between April 2014 and January 2015. S. aureus isolates were characterized by their antimicrobial susceptibility, the presence of genes encoding for Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) and further differentiat

SUBMITTER: Eibach D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5249101 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature