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Trial reportBMC infectious diseases2017

Prevalence and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal carriage during a PCV trial.

Abdoulie Bojang, Lindsay Kendall, Effua Usuf, Uzochukwu Egere, Sarah Mulwa, Martin Antonio, Brian Greenwood, Philip C Hill, Anna Roca

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Trial report in BMC infectious diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Abdoulie BojangMedical Research Council Unit, P. O. Box 273, Fajara, The Gambia.
Lindsay KendallMedical Research Council Unit, P. O. Box 273, Fajara, The Gambia.
Effua UsufMedical Research Council Unit, P. O. Box 273, Fajara, The Gambia.
Uzochukwu EgereMedical Research Council Unit, P. O. Box 273, Fajara, The Gambia.
Sarah MulwaMedical Research Council Unit, P. O. Box 273, Fajara, The Gambia.
Martin AntonioMedical Research Council Unit, P. O. Box 273, Fajara, The Gambia.
Brian GreenwoodFaculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Philip C HillMedical Research Council Unit, P. O. Box 273, Fajara, The Gambia.
Anna RocaMedical Research Council Unit, P. O. Box 273, Fajara, The Gambia. aroca@mrc.gm.

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U190085849
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe conducted an ancillary study among individuals who had participated in a cluster-randomized PCV-7 trial in rural Gambia (some clusters were wholly-vaccinated while in others only young children had been vaccinated), to determine the prevalence and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal carriage.

methodsTwo hundred thirty-two children aged 5-10 years were recruited and followed from 4 to 20 months after vaccination started. We collected 1264 nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS). S. aureus was isolated following conventional microbiological methods. Risk factors for carriage were assessed by logistic regression.

resultsPrevalence of S. aureus carriage was 25.9%. In the univariable analysis, prevalence of S. aureus carriage was higher among children living in villages wholly-vaccinated with PCV-7 [OR = 1.57 95%CI (1.14 to 2.15)] and children with least 1 year of education [OR = 1.44 95%CI (1.07 to 1.92)]. S. aureus carriage was also higher during the rainy season [OR = 1.59 95%CI (1.20 to 2.11)]. Carriage of S. pneumoniae did not have any effect on S. aureus carriage for any pneumococcal, vaccine-type (VT) or non-vaccine-type (NVT) carriage. Multivariate analysis showed that the higher prevalence of S. aureus observed among children living in villages wholly-vaccinated with PCV-7 occurred only during the rainy season OR 2.72 95%CI (1.61-4.60) and not in the dry season OR 1.28 95%CI (0.78-2.09).

conclusionsPrevalence of nasopharyngeal carriage of S. aureus among Gambian children increased during the rainy season among those children living in PCV-7 wholly vaccinated communities. However, carriage of S. aureus is not associated with carriage of S. pneumoniae.

trial registrationISRCTN51695599 . Registered August 04th 2006.

Indexed as

Carrier StateChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGambiaHeptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate VaccineHumansMaleNasopharynxPneumococcal VaccinesPrevalenceRainRisk FactorsSeasonsStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusHeptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate VaccinePneumococcal VaccinesNasopharyngeal carriagePCVRisk factorS. aureusSeasonalityThe Gambia

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PMID28841852
PMCPMC5574132

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