Open AccessStaphylococcus aureus including MRSA nasal carriage among hospital exposed and unexposed medical students
Author(s) -
Shivani Sharma,
Sarika Pal,
Vikrant Negi,
Deepak Juyal,
Mrinal Sharma,
Rajat Prakash
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_820_20
Subject(s) - medicine , staphylococcus aureus , anterior nares , carriage , incidence (geometry) , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , population , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental health , bacteria , pathology , genetics , physics , optics , biology
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common human pathogen causing a wide range of infections. It is estimated that S.aureus colonizes the anterior nares in approximately 31% of the general population at any given time. The incidence of community acquired & hospital acquired S. aureus has been increasing over the past few decades, predominantly due to continuous upsurge in the drug resistant isolates. Moreover, globally the incidence of methicillin resistant S.aureus (MRSA) is progressively increasing. Hence, it would be imperative to screen all healthcare workers, interns and admitted patients for MRSA carriage and to treat all those who are found positive for the same. With the above background, the current study was undertaken to investigate the carrier rate of S. aureus (including MRSA) among hospital unexposed & exposed medical students.