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A New Effect of Acetylsalicylic Acid? Significantly Lower Prevalence of Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus Among Patients Receiving Orally Administered Acetylsalicylic Acid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Oguz Karabay ,
Huseyin Arinc ,
Hüseyin Gunduz ,
Ali Tamer ,
Hakan Ozhan  and
Cihangir Uyan
Oguz Karabay*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Izzet Baysal Medical Faculty, University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Golkoy, Bolu, Turkey
Huseyin Arinc
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Izzet Baysal Medical Faculty, University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Golkoy, Bolu, Turkey
Hüseyin Gunduz
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Izzet Baysal Medical Faculty, University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Golkoy, Bolu, Turkey
Ali Tamer
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Izzet Baysal Medical Faculty, University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Golkoy, Bolu, Turkey
Hakan Ozhan
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Duzce Medical Faculty, University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Konuralp, Duzce, Turkey
Cihangir Uyan
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Izzet Baysal Medical Faculty, University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Golkoy, Bolu, Turkey
*
Abant Izzet Baysal University, Izzet Baysal Medical Faculty, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Golkoy, 14100 Bolu, Turkey (drkarabay@yahoo.com)
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Abstract

We aimed to evaluate effect of acetylsalicylic acid on the prevalence of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus. Patients were orally administered a prophylactic dose of acetylsalicylic acid and then were compared with control subjects. The prevalence of nasal carriage of S. aureus was significantly lower among patients who received acetylsalicylic acid than among the control subjects (P<.001).

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , March 2006 , pp. 318 - 319
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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