Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus by medical students: Assessment of antibiotic susceptibility and risk factors
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Fikriye Milletli Sezgin Amasya Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Sevgi Sarıhan
Havva Nur Türkoğlu
Melihcan Yağmur
Gülgüşa Bucak
Nida Şvval Büyüktatar
Semih Mert Şener
Sıla Nur Şehnaz
Doç. Dr. Naime Meriç Konar Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kasım KARAHOCAGİL Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Cumhuriyet Medical Journal | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1305-0028 | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | Index Copernicus | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 10-2020 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 42 / 3 / 259–270 | DOI | 10.7197/cmj.vi.645617 |
| Makale Linki | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/doi/10.7197/cmj.vi.645617 | ||
| UAK Araştırma Alanları |
Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji
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| Objective Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is the leading vector for both hospital-sourced and population-sourced infections globally and nasal carriage may be responsible for these serious infections. The aim of this study was to assess the nasal S. aureus carriage rates, antibiotic susceptibility and risk factors among preclinical period medical students. Method A total of 183 preclinical period students from Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine voluntarily participated in our study. They were requested to complete a survey form containing questions about demographic information, hygiene habits and medical history and possible risk factors were recorded. S. aureus isolates proliferating from nasal swab culture samples were studied with antibiotic susceptibility tests. Results Of the total of 183 students, 39 (21.4%) had S. aureus proliferation identified from nasal swab samples. None of these isolates were methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Antibiotic susceptibility tests found highest resistance against penicillin (85%). There were negative correlations between nasal spray use and allergy history with nasal S. aureus carriage. Conclusions Medical students may each be mobile sources of bacteria in hospitals, especially as MRSA carriers. According to our results, it is necessary to note the importance of training and standard infection control precautions to prevent the increase in MRSA carriage rates in the clinical period as none of our preclinical period students carried MRSA. Advanced studies are important to monitor carriage rates. |
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BM Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları
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