Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among healthy employees of the Hellenic Air Force

S Karapsias; E T Piperaki; I Spiliopoulou; G Katsanis; A Tseleni - Kotsovili

doi:10.2807/ese.13.40.18999-en

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among healthy employees of the Hellenic Air Force
S Karapsias¹ , E T Piperaki² , I Spiliopoulou³ , G Katsanis¹ , A Tseleni - Kotsovili²
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Microbiology, Air Force General Hospital, Athens, Greece ² Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece ³ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece

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E Piperaki
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Citation style for this article: Karapsias S, Piperaki E T, Spiliopoulou I, Katsanis G, Tseleni - Kotsovili A. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among healthy employees of the Hellenic Air Force . Euro Surveill. 2008;13(40):pii=18999. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.40.18999-en Received: 21 May 2008

Abstract

The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among 959 healthy employees of the Hellenic Air Force was investigated from November 2004 to October 2005. Nine participants were found to be colonised by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (SCCmec type IV). Eight of the MRSA isolates were PVL-negative and belonged to ST30 by MLST, while the remaining one isolate was PVL-positive and classified as ST-80