Less than you'd think-a prospective study on MRSA-colonization in healthy travellers

Dai T Tran; Doris Winter; Martin Christner; Michael Ramharter; Marylyn M Addo; Thierry Rolling; Christof Vinnemeier; Till Koch

doi:10.1093/jtm/taaa242

Less than you'd think-a prospective study on MRSA-colonization in healthy travellers

J Travel Med. 2021 Apr 14;28(3):taaa242. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa242.

Authors

Dai T Tran^{1

2

3}, Doris Winter^{4

3}, Martin Christner⁵, Michael Ramharter⁶, Marylyn M Addo^{1

2

3}, Thierry Rolling^{1

2

3}, Christof Vinnemeier^{1

6

3}, Till Koch^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ First Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
² Infection Immunology Department, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
³ German Center for Infection Research, partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ Infectious Disease Epidemiology Department, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
⁶ Department of Tropical Medicine; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I Department of Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.

PMID: 33410458
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa242

No abstract available

Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; nasal colonization; skin and soft tissue infection; travel.

MeSH terms

Carrier State* / epidemiology
Carrier State* / microbiology
Germany
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / isolation & purification
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / physiology
Nose / microbiology
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Staphylococcal Infections* / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections* / microbiology
Travel-Related Illness*