TY - JOUR AU - Gaddafi, Mohammed Sani AU - Yakubu, Yusuf AU - Junaidu, Abdulkadir Usman AU - Bello, Mohammad Bashir AU - Garba, Bashiru AU - Bitrus, Asinamai Athliamai AU - Lawal, Habiba PY - 2021/01/27 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Nasal Colonization of Pigs and Farm attendants by Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Kebbi, Northwestern Nigeria JF - The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine JA - TJVM VL - 51 IS - 1 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjvm/article/view/247439 SP - 119-124 AB - <p><span class="fontstyle0">Methicillin Resistant </span><span class="fontstyle2">Staphylococcus aureus </span><span class="fontstyle0">(MRSA) is a leading cause of nosocomial, community and livestockassociated colonization and infection worldwide. This study aimed at investigating the nasal colonization of pigs and<br>farm attendants by </span><span class="fontstyle2">S. aureus </span><span class="fontstyle0">and MRSA in Kebbi, North-Western Nigeria. A cross-sectional study was conducted in<br>Kebbi Northwestern Nigeria using simple random sampling. A total of 212 nasal swabs were collected from two farms<br>consisting of 100 samples each from pigs and 12 samples from farm attendants. A well-structured questionnaire was<br>administered for risk factor analysis. Nasal swabs were examined using routine bacteriological culture and<br>identification. Presumptive MRSA was confirmed by PCR assay. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profiles of MRSA<br>isolates were evaluated using the disk diffusion method. Among the 212 samples examined, 19.4 % (41/212) of pigs<br>tested positive for MRSA and 1.4% (3/212) of farm attendants were MRSA positive. All the isolates were susceptible<br>to vancomycin, with an AMR index </span><span class="fontstyle3">˃</span><span class="fontstyle0">0.3. The findings of this study indicated nasal colonization of pigs and humans<br>by </span><span class="fontstyle2">S. aureus </span><span class="fontstyle0">and MRSA, thus suggesting that individuals in close contact with animals are at risk of being colonized.</span> </p> ER -