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Acta Medica Medianae
Vol. 49, No1, March, 2010
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478

 

Correspondence to:

Ljiljana Petrović

Zavod za javno zdravlje

Klinička mikrobiologija

35230 Ćuprija

E-mail:higijena@zzjzcuprija.com

 

 

 

 

 

Original article
UDC: 579.63:616-078

 

 

 

 

FREQUENCY OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) IN HEALTHY NASAL GERM CARRIERS IN POMORAVLJE DISTRICT

 

Ljiljana Petrović Jeremić

 

                        Zavod za javno zdravlje, Klinička mikrobiologija, Ćuprija

 

 

S. aureus is a frequent cause of infections both in hospital setting and outside it. The growing resistance of this pathogen to beta-lactam and other antibiotics complicates  the treatment. The aim in this study was to investigate the frequency of nasal carriage of S. aureus among healthy population who can be the source of infection, as well as a share of  MRSA colonisation.

We analyzed 5.776 throat and nose swab samples taken from adult healthy population; the swabs were analyzed in microbiology labs of the Public Health Institute Ćuprija. The isolates were identifided by standard procedures based on clumping factor production and using manitol-salt agar with novobiocin disk. Methicillin resistance was determined by disk-diffusion with a 30 mcg cefoxitin disk.

The prevalence of nasal MRSA colonisation was 3,63%; 4,29% of subjects were nasal carriers of S. Aureus.

The values obtained in this paper are in keeping with data obtained in other European countries. The prevalence of MRSA among carriers is low, and the treatment to complete absence of germs and implementing measures to prevent the spread of infection are therefore urgently needed. Acta Medica Medianae 2010;49(1):33-36.

 

Key words: staphylococcus, nasal carriage, MRSA