Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Preclinical and Clinical Dental Students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Isolates in 2019

Ali Taghavi Zonouz; Yasaman Abdoli Oskouie; Mohammad Ahangarzadeh Rezaei; Fatemeh Yeganeh Sefidan; Shahram Abdoli Oskouie

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Original Article
Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Preclinical and Clinical Dental Students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Isolates in 2019
Ali Taghavi Zonouz^1,2, Yasaman Abdoli Oskouie^1,2, Mohammad Ahangarzadeh Rezaei³, Fatemeh Yeganeh Sefidan³, Shahram Abdoli Oskouie^2,4
¹Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran ²Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran ³Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran ⁴Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
CJMB 2021; 8: 230-234 Viewed : 2192 times Downloaded : 1635 times. Keywords : Dental students, Methicillin-resistant, Staphylococcus aureus, Nasal carriage
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Abstract

Objectives: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the cause of severe and treatment-resistant, hospital- and community-acquired infections across the world. This study aimed to identify and compare the nasal carriage of S. aureus and methicillin-resistant in clinical and preclinical dental students in 2019. Materials and Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study (descriptive-analytic) which was conducted during a period of time from 2019 to 2020 at the School of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Two groups of dental students (i.e., clinical and preclinical programs) were selected. Nasal samples were taken and S. aureus was detected using the standard microbiology tests. Disc diffusion on Mueller-Hinton Agar was used to identify MRSA. P values of ≤0.05 were regarded as statistically significant. Results: A total of 92 dental students were examined and S. aureus was identified in 44 (47.8%) students, but no cases of MRSA were detected among the participants. Conclusions: The difference between clinical and preclinical groups was not significant.