PMID- 26332899
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160909
LR  - 20151216
IS  - 1439-3964 (Electronic)
IS  - 0172-4622 (Linking)
VI  - 36
IP  - 14
DP  - 2015 Dec
TI  - Role of Nasal Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in Transmission among Contact 
      Athletes.
PG  - 1186-91
LID - 10.1055/s-0035-1555856 [doi]
AB  - Among athletes, Staphylococcus aureus is thought to be transmitted by close 
      physical contact with carriers. Nevertheless, evidence is limited with regard to 
      both the tracking of individual strains and the role of S. aureus on the skin's 
      surface. We investigated its transmission using molecular genotyping and the 
      presence of S. aureus on the skin during exercise. In the first study, nasal 
      samples were obtained from 172 athletes over a period of up to one year. The 200 
      strains of S. aureus collected from these athletes were genotyped, and 
      transmission of S. aureus was detected by phage open reading frame typing (POT). 
      In the second study, the presence of S. aureus on the skin's surface was compared 
      between nasal carriers (n=9) and non-nasal carriers (n=9), who had participated 
      in the first study. In the first study, 10 cases of transmission were confirmed. 
      In the second study, exercise-induced sweating increased S. aureus isolates from 
      the skin's surface (before vs. after exercise: 5.2+/-5.4 vs. 41.7+/-40.6 CFU/ml) in 
      nasal carriers. In 5 of 9 nasal carriers, S. aureus isolates from the skin's 
      surface were clonally identical to those from the nares. These results identify a 
      major route of S. aureus transmission among athletes and provide insight into the 
      role played by exercise-induced sweating in nasal carriers.
CI  - (c) Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart . New York.
FAU - Suzuki, K
AU  - Suzuki K
AD  - Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
FAU - Tagami, K
AU  - Tagami K
AD  - Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150902
PL  - Germany
TA  - Int J Sports Med
JT  - International journal of sports medicine
JID - 8008349
SB  - IM
MH  - *Carrier State
MH  - Genotype
MH  - Humans
MH  - Nose/*microbiology
MH  - Skin/*microbiology
MH  - Sports/*physiology
MH  - Staphylococcal Skin Infections/prevention & control/*transmission
MH  - *Staphylococcus aureus/genetics/isolation & purification
MH  - Sweating
EDAT- 2015/09/04 06:00
MHDA- 2016/09/10 06:00
CRDT- 2015/09/03 06:00
PHST- 2015/09/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/09/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/09/10 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1055/s-0035-1555856 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Sports Med. 2015 Dec;36(14):1186-91. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1555856. Epub 2015 
      Sep 2.