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Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines. 2016 Jul 22;2:12. doi: 10.1186/s40794-016-0025-x. eCollection 2016.

Prevalence of Nasal colonization with .

Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines

Joan Neyra, Michael Ellis, Claudio Rocha, Juan Silvera, Moisés Apolaya, Maruja Bernal, Rina Meza, Enrique Canal, Yocelinda Meza, David Blazes

Affiliations

  1. Naval Medical Research Unit N° 6 Lima-Peru (NAMRU-6), 655 Manco Capac St., Miraflores, Lima Peru.
  2. University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, USA.
  3. Peruvian Air Force, Lima, Peru.
  4. Uniformed Services University (USU), Bethesda, USA.

PMID: 28883956 PMCID: PMC5531008 DOI: 10.1186/s40794-016-0025-x

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health threat around the world and is not well characterized in the developing setting. Specifically, there is a lack of information regarding nasal colonization with

METHODS: This is the report of the baseline findings of a prospective cohort study followed up over 1 year at four geographically and ecologically distinct Peruvian Air Force bases in order to determine

RESULTS: We enrolled 756 military personnel. Anterior nares colonization with

CONCLUSION: Overall, we found low prevalence of

Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Military personnel

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