Nasopharyngeal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in a rural population, Sierra Leone
The prevalence of methicillin-resistant and PVL-positive methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MRSA/MSSA) is high in a rural community of asymptomatic carriers in Sierra Leone. Measures to contain the spread of MRSA, also in the community, are needed.
Authors
- Maxwell Sesay
- Alexander Mellmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0649-5185)
- Viktoria Rudolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5527-5866)
- Frieder Schaumburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9168-9290)
- Tobias Grebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6456-1240)
- Tom Theiler
- Martin P. Grobusch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-1099)
- Laura C Kalkman
- Lisa Maria Kleine
- Emmanuel Marx Kanu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9505-2000)
- Desmond Mohamed Sesay
- Henning Loismann
Institutions
- University Hospital Münster (DE)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Published
- 2024-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmm.2024.151643
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.56
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster