Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and bloodstream infection among conventional hemodialysis patients in Thailand: a prospective multicenter cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage screening among hemodialysis patients is not standard practice in Thailand, because of data lacking regarding prevalence and correlation with subsequent infection. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of S. aureus nasal carriage and its association with bloodstream infection among hemodialysis patients. In this prospective multicenter cohort study, participants were screened for S. aureus nasal carriage over 2 consecutive weeks. Incidence of S. aureus bloodstream infection over the next 12 months was observed.

Results

The prevalence of S. aureus nasal carriage was 11.67%. Incidence of S. aureus bacteremia among participants with and without S. aureus nasal carriage were 7.1% and 3.8%, respectively. The odds ratio for nasal car

SUBMITTER: Techasupaboon T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9450322 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature