Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in a student community: prevalence, clonal relationships, and risk factors

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America
Werner E BischoffRobert J Sherertz

Abstract

To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of nasal Staphylococcus aureus (SA) in the community. Cross-sectional study. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Four hundred fifty students were screened for nasal SA carriage during the fall of 2000, 2001, and 2002. Students were screened by nose swabs. A self-administered questionnaire collected information on demographics and medical history. Antibiotic testing and PFGE were performed on isolates. Risk factors were determined by logistic regression analysis. Of 450 volunteers, 131 (29%) were SA carriers. Antibiotic resistance was high for azithromycin (26%) and low for ciprofloxacin (1%), tetracycline (5%), mupirocin (1%), and methicillin (2%). PFGE patterns were not associated with carriage. Age, male gender, white race, medical student, allergen injection therapy, chronic sinusitis, rheumatoid arthritis, hospitalization for 6 months or less, and use of antibiotics were associated with carrier status by univariate analysis. Stepwise multivariate logistic regression led to a best fitting model with older age (OR, 1.04; CI95, 1.005-1.079), male gender (OR, 1.50; CI95, 0.982-2.296), and chronic sinusitis (OR, 2.71; CI95, 0.897-8.195) as risk factors. Antibiotic us...Continue Reading

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