The role of broth enrichment in Staphylococcus aureus cultivation and transmission from the throat to newborn infants: results from the Swedish hygiene intervention and transmission of S-aureus study

Linköpings universitet, Avdelningen för mikrobiologi och molekylär medicin Linköpings universitet, Hälsouniversitetet County Hospital Ryhov, Sweden County Hospital Ryhov, Sweden Springer Verlag (Germany) 2013

Staphylococcus aureus is detected by direct plating, whereas incubation in enrichment broth prior to plating to increase the proportion of positive samples has not been fully evaluated. S. aureus throat colonization has been suggested to be more common than colonization of the anterior nares, but no data are available on the transmission of S. aureus from the throat. Swab samples were collected from the anterior nares and umbilicus from newborn infants (n = 168), anterior nares, throat, skin lesions, and vagina from parents (n = 332), and anterior nares, throat, and skin lesions from healthcare workers (n = 231) at three maternity wards. spa typing was used to elucidate the transmission routes of S. aureus. The use of enrichment broth prior to plating increased the proportion of positive samples by 46 %. The prevalence of S. aureus colonization in adults was 58 %. Throat colonization (47 %) was significantly more common than colonization in any of the other screened sites (p andlt; 0.001). In total, 103 out of 168 (61 %) newborn infants were colonized during their hospital stay. Overall, 124 S. aureus transmissions to newborn infants were detected. Although we detected an increased risk of transmission from the nares as compared to the throat, with an odds ratio of 4.8 [95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.8-12.7], we detected a transmission rate of 7 % from the throat. We show that S. aureus throat colonization is more common than colonization in any of the other sites among the parents and staff. We also show evidence of transmission from the throat.
Funding Agencies|Futurum-the Academy for Healthcare||Jonkoping County Council||Medical Research Council of Southeast Sweden

Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Article in journal; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; text

10.1007.s10096-013-1917-6

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