Laboratory Medicine ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2): 156-159.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2015.02.013

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Surveillance on nasal carriage rate and drug resistance of Staphylococcus aureus among 859 youngsters in Shanghai

NIE Zhiyan1, CHEN Xu2, CHEN Hong1, HAN Lizhong2, NI Yuxing2   

  1. 1. Shanghai Academy of Health Sciences, Shanghai 200237, China
    2.Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025,China
  • Received:2014-02-12 Online:2015-02-28 Published:2015-02-12

Abstract: Objective

To survey the nasal carriage rate and drug resistance of Staphylococcus aureus among 859 youngsters in Shanghai.

Methods

The nasal specimens were collected from 859 youngsters. The isolates were identified by Gram staining, ornithine decarboxylase test, deoxyribonuclease test, growth test on mannitol salt agar and plasma tube coagulase test. Antimicrobial susceptibility test was performed by disk diffusion method. Staphylococcal protein A (SPA) typing and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) gene were performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Results

The nasal carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus was 7.0% (60 cases), no methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was detected, and no PVL toxicity factor was found in these isolates. There were 59 isolates with clone diversity, 1 isolate was spa gene negative, and 3 novel spa types were found.

Conclusions

The nasal carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus is low, and no MRSA is found in these youngsters.

Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, Carriage rate, Youngster

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