Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and infection among patients with diabetic foot ulcer.

CONCLUSION: Less than one-fifth of patients with DFU have nasal S. aureus, including MRSA, colonization; however, the colonization is significantly associated with S. aureus diabetic foot infection. Screening for S. aureus colonizing status in DFU patients might have a potential clinical implication.
PMID: 29907536 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection - June 4, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Lin SY, Lin NY, Huang YY, Hsieh CC, Huang YC Tags: J Microbiol Immunol Infect Source Type: research