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Comment on "Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Home Care Settings"

Lisa Winston, MD; Henry Chambers, MD

Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(15):1379-1380.

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Biologically speaking, Staphylococcus aureus carriage is a fact of life. Approximately 30% of the US population are asymptomatic nasal carriers of S aureus,¹ indicating that S aureus is normal flora, at least for some. Unfortunately, nasal carriers are also at higher risk of S aureus infection. Up to 80% of those with S aureus infection harbor the same strain in the nose or elsewhere on the body,² and the risk of S aureus infection in surgical patients who are carriers is approximately twice that of noncarriers.³ On the other hand, carriers develop antistaphylococcal antibodies⁴ that may be protective: the risk of death from bacteremia is lower in carriers than in noncarriers.⁵

Besides the risk to the carrier, asymptomatic nasal carriers are presumed to be an important source of spread of S aureus strains. Although the risk of spread by carriers has not been . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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