Throat swabs are necessary to reliably detect carriers of Staphylococcus aureus

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作者：

Mertz, Dominik

Frei, Reno

Jaussi, Barbara

Tietz, Andreas

Stebler, Christine

Flueckiger, Ursula

Widmer, Andreas F.

机构：

[1] Univ Basel Hosp, Hosp Epidemiol, Div Infect Dis, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland

[2] Univ Basel Hosp, Microbiol Lab, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland

[3] Transfus Ctr, Basel, Switzerland

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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2007年 / 45卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1086/520016

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

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%.

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