TABLE 2.
S. aureus nasal carriage patterns in healthy adults reported in longitudinal surveys
| Referencea | Study population | No. of subjects | Study design
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% of cultures that grew S. aureus for the following stateb:
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Reported carriage rates (%)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follow-up period | Culture interval | Noncarriage | Intermittent carriage | Persistent carriage | Noncarriage | Intermittent carriage | Persistent carriage | |||
| Gould and McKillop, 1954 (15) | Medical students (Scotland) | 520 | 1 yr | 1 wk | 0 | 1–9 (O) | ≥91 | 19 | 57 | 24 |
| 10–90 (I) | ||||||||||
| Goslings and Büchli, 1958 (14) | Family members of discharged patients (The Netherlands) | 243 | 8 wk | 2 wk | 0 | 1–99 | 100 | 51 | 25 | 24 |
| Miller et al., 1962 (31) | Army recruits (United Kingdom) | 515 | 7–8 wk | 7–8 wk | 0 | 1–99 | 100 | 39 | 24 | 37 |
| Maxwell et al., 1969 (28) | Hospital personnel (United States) | 127 | 10 wk–5 yr | ≤2 wk | ≤10 | 11–44 (O) | ≥80 | 44 | 38 | 18 |
| 45–79 (I) | ||||||||||
| Armstrong-Esther and Smith, 1976 (1) | University personnel (United Kingdom) | 50 | 30 wk | 1 wk | ≤9 | 10–69 | ≥70 | 2 | 64 | 34 |
| Höffler et al., 1978 (19) | Nurses and laboratory personnel (Germany and Poland) | 261 | 6 wk | 1 wk | ≤17 | 18–82 | ≥83 | 71 | 20 | 9 |
| Lamikanra and Olusanya, 1988 (24) | Pharmacy students (Nigeria) | 50 | 15 mo | ≤2 wk | ≤10 | 11–44 (O) | ≥80 | 46 | 28 | 26 |
| Riewerts Eriksen et al., 1995 (38) | Laboratory personnel (Denmark) | 104 | 19 mo | 1–2 mo | 45–79 (I) | |||||
| 0 | 1–44 (O) | ≥85 | 16 | 70 | 14 | |||||
| 45–84 (I) | ||||||||||
| Hu et al., 1995 (20) | Medical students (Japan) | 51 | 5 mo | 1–3 mo | 0 | 1–99 | 100 | 69 | 19 | 12 |
a
Author, year of publication (reference number).
b
O, occasional carriage; I, intermittent carriage.