Affiliation:
1. Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Persistent nasal carriers and noncarriers of
Staphylococcus aureus
were inoculated with a mixture of different
S. aureus
strains. The majority of noncarriers and nearly all persistent carriers returned to their original carrier state after artificial inoculation. Furthermore, the majority of persistent carriers tested positive again for their original resident strain. Using a human nasal inoculation model, we here demonstrate that the human factor is an important determinant of
S. aureus
nasal carriage.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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