Title: Prevalence of Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz
Abstract:J Cardiovasc Thorac Res / 13 Original Article Prevalence of Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz Babak Nasiri MD, Reza Ghotaslou PhD, Leila Ballali MD , Akbar Darbi...J Cardiovasc Thorac Res / 13 Original Article Prevalence of Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz Babak Nasiri MD, Reza Ghotaslou PhD, Leila Ballali MD , Akbar Darbin M.Sc 1. Dept. of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 2. Dept. of Microbiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 3. Medical student of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 4. M.Sc of Biochemistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. (Received 6 May 2010; Accepted 27 July 2010) Background: Staphylococcus aurous has been known as one of the most common nosocomial pathogens which include as much as %30 to %50 of general population. Regarding to the presence of carrier staff can be considered as one of the infection source; remarking of carrier for prevention purposes is important. Methods: In a cross-sectional study we determined the prevalence of staphylococcus aurous carriage among 113 edical staff of Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz (Iran) 28/08/2009 to 28/09/2009 on ( Physicians, nurses, technicians, secretaries, the administrative personnel and services), including surgical wards , laboratory, ICU and CCU . Results: In this study, 113 participants comprised of 60 males (53%) and 53 females (47%), and their mean age of participants in this study was 34.8 years (20-55). Sampling was carried out from nasal of employees. Samples were place on blood agar and mannitol salt agar; suspected colonies have been cultured and identified by catalase, coagulase and DNAase. Generally, of 113 people who entered the study, 30 person (26.5%) had positive cultures and 82 (72.6%) had a negative culture. The incidence of staphylococcus aureus carriage was more in men than women 57% vs. 43% (p<0.05). Conclusion: In this study staphylococcous areous carriage incidence in Tabriz heart centre (Madani hospital) was 50 % to 80% lower than our estimation, unexpectedly. J Cardiovasc Thorac Res 2010; Vol.2 (3): 13-17 *Corresponding Author: Reza Ghotaslou PhD, Departement of Microbiology, Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Tel: +98 411 -3373959 Fax+98 411 -3364661 Email: [email protected]Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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