Nasal Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage among college student athletes in northern Taiwan

作者：Wang Hong Kai; Huang Chun Yen; Chen Chih Jung; Huang Yhu Chering^*

来源：Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection, 2017, 50(4): 537-540.

DOI：10.1016/j.jmii.2016.11.005

• Methicillin-resistant
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Community-associated
• Athlete
• College student
• Taiwan

Of 259 college students in northern Taiwan surveyed, nasal carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) was 22.4% and 1.54%, respectively and no significant difference was found between athlete students and non-athlete students. Three of four MRSA isolates belonged to sequence type 59, the endemic community clone.

• 出版日期2017-8
• 单位长春大学