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15 August 2007

Volume 45, Number 4
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007;45:475–477
© 2007 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
1058-4838/2007/4504-0012$15.00
DOI: 10.1086/520016
BRIEF REPORT

Throat Swabs Are Necessary to Reliably Detect Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus

Dominik Mertz,1

Reno Frei,2

Barbara Jaussi,1

Andreas Tietz,1

Christine Stebler,3

Ursula Flückiger,1 and

Andreas F. Widmer1

1Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology and 2Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Basel, and 3Transfusion Centre, Basel, Switzerland

The anterior nares are the most important screening site of colonization with Staphylococcus aureus. We screened 2966 individuals for S. aureus carriage with swabs of both nares and throat. A total of 37.1% of persons were nasal carriers, and 12.8% were solely throat carriers. Screening of throat swabs significantly increases the sensitivity of detection among carriers by 25.7%.

Received 16 February 2007; accepted 20 April 2007; electronically published 5 July 2007.

Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Andreas F. Widmer, Div. of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH‐4031, Basel, Switzerland ().

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