Carriers of staphylococci causing nosocomial infections
Pulverer, G.
Zentralblatt für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin 194(1-2): 144-151
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0934-8859 PMID: 8333892 Document Number: 412686
Certain parts of the skin and mucuous membranes of humans and animals are carrying Staphylococcus aureus. These staphylococci are belonging to their physiological microflora. The data discussed in this paper demonstrate clearly that the carrier frequency of Staphylococcus aureus is locally different depending on epidemiological facts. Carriers of staphylococci may become the source of nosocomial infections. Spreading ability, virulence and epidemic tendency of Staphylococcus aureus are strain-specific features. Only little is known about the underlying mechanisms.