[Epidemiology and prevention of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in patients and staff at the Cococy Hemodialysis Center in Abidjan, Ivory Coast].

The purpose of this study was to improve prevention of nosocomial infection due to Staphylococcus aureus in patients treated at the Cocody Hemodialysis Center in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. Samples were collected from 56 dialysis patients and 8 staff members. Findings showed that there were 36 transient carriers (64.3%) and 12 permanent carriers (21.4%) in the patient group and 6 transient carriers (75%) and 1 permanent carrier (12.5%) in the staff group. A total of 181 strains of Staphylococcus aureus were isolated. Forty strains (22%) were resistant to meticillin and 179 (98.9%) were sensitive to mupirocin.