Staphylococcal epidemiology in Antarctica
An investigation of staphylococcal epidemiology was undertaken at an Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition station during 1965-1966. It concerned the carriage of staphylococci by the men and their dogs, and the occurrence of staphylococci in the station environment. The year-long study i...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2130780 2023-05-15T13:43:48+02:00 Staphylococcal epidemiology in Antarctica Cameron, A. S. 1970-03 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2130780 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5266586 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2130780 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5266586 Articles Text 1970 ftpubmed 2013-09-01T09:48:31Z An investigation of staphylococcal epidemiology was undertaken at an Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition station during 1965-1966. It concerned the carriage of staphylococci by the men and their dogs, and the occurrence of staphylococci in the station environment. The year-long study indicated that coagulase-negative strains survived better in the Antarctic environment than coagulase-positive strains. It was demonstrated that naturally acquired coagulase-positive strains could not maintain colonization on forearm skin under the usual cold exposure experienced at Mawson station, though coagulase-negative skin strains appeared to thrive during the winter. Staphylococcus albus and S. aureus were able to persist in the anterior nares, despite the sometimes lower temperatures recorded in this micro-climate, probably because of the greater humidity and denser populations found there. The majority of the nasal carriers of S. aureus were persistent carriers, only two men in 27 being found to be occasional carriers of nasal strains, which was consistent with the observation that transfer of this pathogen from man to man is not common under Antarctic conditions. Half of the 27 sledge dogs at the station were found to carry coagulase-positive staphylococci but this did not appear to be of pathological significance to their human handlers. The local inanimate environment, including mess hut, sleeping huts and sleeping bags used on expeditions, was searched for contamination by S. aureus but none was detected. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica PubMed Central (PMC) Antarctic Mawson Station ENVELOPE(62.874,62.874,-67.603,-67.603) Nares ENVELOPE(158.167,158.167,-81.450,-81.450) The Antarctic |
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An investigation of staphylococcal epidemiology was undertaken at an Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition station during 1965-1966. It concerned the carriage of staphylococci by the men and their dogs, and the occurrence of staphylococci in the station environment. The year-long study indicated that coagulase-negative strains survived better in the Antarctic environment than coagulase-positive strains. It was demonstrated that naturally acquired coagulase-positive strains could not maintain colonization on forearm skin under the usual cold exposure experienced at Mawson station, though coagulase-negative skin strains appeared to thrive during the winter. Staphylococcus albus and S. aureus were able to persist in the anterior nares, despite the sometimes lower temperatures recorded in this micro-climate, probably because of the greater humidity and denser populations found there. The majority of the nasal carriers of S. aureus were persistent carriers, only two men in 27 being found to be occasional carriers of nasal strains, which was consistent with the observation that transfer of this pathogen from man to man is not common under Antarctic conditions. Half of the 27 sledge dogs at the station were found to carry coagulase-positive staphylococci but this did not appear to be of pathological significance to their human handlers. The local inanimate environment, including mess hut, sleeping huts and sleeping bags used on expeditions, was searched for contamination by S. aureus but none was detected. |
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Staphylococcal epidemiology in Antarctica |
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Staphylococcal epidemiology in Antarctica |
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Staphylococcal epidemiology in Antarctica |
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Staphylococcal epidemiology in Antarctica |
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Staphylococcal epidemiology in Antarctica |
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staphylococcal epidemiology in antarctica |
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