Throat Swabs Are Necessary to Reliably Detect Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus

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 sw...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2007-08, Vol.45 (4), p.475-477
Main Authors: Mertz, Dominik, Frei, Reno, Jaussi, Barbara, Tietz, Andreas, Stebler, Christine, Flückiger, Ursula, Widmer, Andreas F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteria
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Blood donation
Brief Reports
Carrier State - diagnosis
Cultural groups
Epidemiology
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Medical personnel
Medical sciences
Medical screening
Nasal carriers
Nose - microbiology
Otolaryngology
Pharynx - microbiology
Population studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections - transmission
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Staphylococcus infections
Throat
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Summary: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%.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/520016