Throat Swabs Are Necessary to Reliably Detect Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus | Zendy

Dominik Mertz | Zendy; Reno Frei | Zendy; B. Jaussi | Zendy; Andreas Tietz | Zendy; C. Stebler | Zendy; Ursula Flückiger | Zendy; Andreas F. Widmer | Zendy

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Throat Swabs Are Necessary to Reliably Detect Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus

Author(s) -

Dominik Mertz,

Reno Frei,

B. Jaussi,

Andreas Tietz,

C. Stebler,

Ursula Flückiger,

Andreas F. Widmer

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/520016

Subject(s) - throat , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , anterior nares , carriage , microbiology and biotechnology , nose , micrococcaceae , staphylococcal infections , pharynx , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , surgery , pathology , bacteria , biology , genetics

The anterior nares are the most important screening site of colonization with Staphylococcus aureus. We screened 2966 individuals for S. aureus carriage with swabs of both nares and throat. A total of 37.1% of persons were nasal carriers, and 12.8% were solely throat carriers. Screening of throat swabs significantly increases the sensitivity of detection among carriers by 25.7%.

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