Journal article
Staphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal carriage in rural and urban northern Vietnam
K Van Nguyen, T Zhang, BNT Vu, TT Dao, TK Tran, DNT Nguyen, HKT Tran, CKT Nguyen, A Fox, P Horby, H Wertheim
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2014
Abstract
Background: Staphylococcus aureus is a common human pathogen that can colonise the respiratory tract and cause infection. Herewe investigate the risk factors associated with nasopharyngeal carriage of S. aureus (including methicillin-resistant S. aureus [MRSA]) in Vietnam. Methods: Between February and June 2012, nasal and pharyngeal swabs for S. aureus culture, and demographic and socioeconomic data were taken from 1016 participants in urban and rural northern Vietnam, who were randomly selected from pre-specified age strata. Results: Overall S. aureus prevalencewas 303/1016 (29.8%; adjusted for age: 33.8%). Carriage in the main cohort was found to be associated with younger age (≤5 years [..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Vietnam. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.