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Abstract

With the significant rise in hospital infection management in dental hospitals as well as in hospitals, and in order to identify the distribution of pathogenic bacteria on hands and nasal cavity of workers in a dental hospital, bacteria from the hands and nasal cavities of six dentists and 44 dental hygienists from four dental hospitals were investigated. The results showed , , , , , , , and , were isolated from the nasal cavity and , , , , , , , , , , , and from the hands. An antimicrobial disk diffusion test was conducted on isolated from the hands and nasal cavity to detect MRSA by means of oxacillin. Two strains were detected. When the genes of penicillin binding protein 2 (A) were detected from the 2 strains, MRSA was found from both strains. The results of this investigation on the distribution of various pathogenic bacteria and MRSA on hands and nasal cavity of workers of a dental hospital, will contribute to the basic data for the future infection management in a dental hospital.

© 2013 Kim, Jeong, licensee Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals.
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Distribution of pathogenic microorganisms isolated from dental hospital workers in Korea
QScience Connect 2013, 10 (2013); https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2013.10
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  • Article Type: Research Article
Keyword(s): antimicrobial susceptibility, dental hospital worker, dental hygienist, dentist, mecA and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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