Insights into nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in an urban and a rural community in Ghana
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Insights into nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in an urban and a rural community in Ghana. / Egyir, Beverly; Guardabassi, Luca; Esson, Joseph; Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Newman, Mercy Jemima; Addo, Kennedy Kwasi; Larsen, Anders Rhod.
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T1 - Insights into nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in an urban and a rural community in Ghana
AU - Egyir, Beverly
AU - Guardabassi, Luca
AU - Esson, Joseph
AU - Nielsen, Søren Saxmose
AU - Newman, Mercy Jemima
AU - Addo, Kennedy Kwasi
AU - Larsen, Anders Rhod
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in the community in Ghana was never investigated prior to this study. The aims of the study were: i) to assess prevalence of nasal S. aureus carriage in Ghanaian people living in an urban and a rural area, and ii) to identify phenotypic and genotypic traits of strains isolated from the two communities. Nasal swabs were collected from healthy individuals living in an urban community situated in the suburb of the capital city, Accra (n = 353) and in a rural community situated in the Dangme-West district (n = 234). The overall prevalence of nasal carriage was 21% with a significantly higher prevalence in the urban (28%) than in the rural community (11%) (p
AB - The epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in the community in Ghana was never investigated prior to this study. The aims of the study were: i) to assess prevalence of nasal S. aureus carriage in Ghanaian people living in an urban and a rural area, and ii) to identify phenotypic and genotypic traits of strains isolated from the two communities. Nasal swabs were collected from healthy individuals living in an urban community situated in the suburb of the capital city, Accra (n = 353) and in a rural community situated in the Dangme-West district (n = 234). The overall prevalence of nasal carriage was 21% with a significantly higher prevalence in the urban (28%) than in the rural community (11%) (p
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0096119
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0096119
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24760001
VL - 9
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
SN - 1932-6203
IS - 4
M1 - e96119
ER -
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