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Hawaii Med J ; 66(8): 213-5, 2007 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17941374

ABSTRACT

Currently, the carriage rate for Community-Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is unknown in Hawai'i. This survey focuses on a healthy population of 95 college students and 5 faculty who completed a survey related to possible risk factors for colonization of Staphylococcus aureus and were sampled for S. aureus from their anterior nares. Thirty-three (33%) subjects were carrying Staphylococcus aureus and of those, 3 (3%) carried MRSA. There was no significant association between Staphylococcus aureus carriage and ethnicity, gender exposure to seawater, prior Staphylococcus aureus infections, recent antibiotic use, or pets. Additional testing of a larger group of healthy individuals would be beneficial in assessing factors associated with CA-MRSA and Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) carriage in Hawai'i.


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Carrier State/microbiology , Methicillin Resistance , Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects , Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , Students/statistics & numerical data , Universities , Adult , Aged , Community-Acquired Infections/microbiology , Community-Acquired Infections/transmission , Faculty/statistics & numerical data , Female , Hawaii/epidemiology , Health Surveys , Humans , Male , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Risk Factors , Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology , Staphylococcal Infections/transmission , Surveys and Questionnaires
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