| Yazarlar (6) |
Zafer Çiftçi
Türkiye |
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Mahmut Deniz
Türkiye |
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Hayati Güneş
Türkiye |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Abdullah GÜMÜŞ
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Erdoğan Gültekin
Türkiye |
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Aynur Eren Topkaya
Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Objectives The carriage rates of S. aureus among medical students were reported to notably increase after they attended medical wards. We aimed to investigate the nasal colonization rates of S. aureus in medical students and assess whether attending clinical wards has an impact on nasal carriage rates of S. aureus.Methods Medical students from Namik Kemal University were divided into two groups, ‘preclinical’ and ‘clinical’. Nasal swabs from both anterior nares were obtained and transferred to the laboratory for culturing.Results Community-acquired methicilline-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) was detected in 2 out of 75 students (2.66%) in the preclinical group. In the clinical group, 3 out of 75 students (4%) were carriers for community-acquired MSSA. No statistically significant difference in terms of MSSA carriage was observed between the groups (p>0.05, p=0.649). Neither community-acquired methicilline-resistant S. aureus nor hospital-acquired S. aureus was detected.Conclusions The results of the study indicated that attending clinical wards did not increase nasal carriage rates in medical school students. Low carriage rates may be explained by strict adherence to the rules of disinfection and antisepsis by the medical students attending clinical wards and the comprehensive hygienic precautions taken by the infection control committee of the hospital. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Medical Science and Discovery |
| Dergi ISSN | 2148-6832 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2015 |
| Cilt No | 2 |
| Sayı | 5 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.17546/msd.95678 |
| Makale Linki | http://dergipark.gov.tr/doi/10.17546/msd.95678 |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| Google Scholar | 1 |
