Community Reservoir of Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in and around Trivandrum

Staphylococcus aureus is very well adapted to colonise the human skin, and our bodies probably provide some major ecological niches for this species. We are daily exposed to the bacteria, but still only some people are carriers over longer periods of time. Carriage is asymptomatic, not harmful per se and could even to some extent be protective for a host if infected by S. aureus (Wertheim et al., 2004, 2006 and 2008; Verkaik et al., 2009 and 2011). However, carriers are at risk of autoinfection that requires specific attention in connection to hospitalization and major surgery (Wertheim et al., 2004; von Eiff et al., 2001; Kluytmans et al., 1995 and 1997). In addition, emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance, such as methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) have aggravated the situation. Danbolt (1932) suggested that the nasal ‘‘infection’’ was responsible for the recurrent skin infection indicating autoinfection In 1948 Moss and colleagues showed that skin carriage of S. aureus was dependent on nasal carriage in patients with International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 09 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com

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  2018

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  International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

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  2018-09-10

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  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.20546/IJCMAS.2018.709.109
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