Abstract
Background : nasal carrier of Staphylococcus aureus is a common health problem world wide.Objective: The present study was conducted to assess the epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriers among hospital staff in AN- Nasiriyah teaching Hospital ,Thi-Qar ,Iraq. Patients and methods: Nasal swabs were taken from each of 140 personnel. After culturing on blood agar for overnight, probablestaphylococcal isolates were identified and subjected to tube Coagulase test. After a two-week interval, second nasal swabs were taken from the subjects whose first cultures were positive for S. aureus.Results: Nasal carriage was defined in 31 (22.14%) personnel with positive culture for both sampling time. 74.19% are penicillin resistant, most of them are methicillin sensitive but 2 cases (1.43%) are thicillin resistant Conclusion: Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is a common health problem all over the world and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus is an emerging subject even in our community ,which requires further attention and support.
Article Type
Article
Recommended Citation
K. AL-Omer, Dheaa and N.Al-Yassiri, Hameed
(2026)
"Staphylococcus Aureus Nasal Carriage Among Medical Staff In AL-Nasiriyah Teaching Hospital ,Thi-Qar,Iraq.,"
Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal: Vol. 5:
Iss.
8, Article 7.
DOI: 10.28922/qmj.2009.5.8.49-55
Available at:
https://qmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol5/iss8/7
First Page
49
Last Page
55
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