The carriage rate of nasal staphylococcus aureus in persistent allergic rhinitis patients

الملخص EN

In this study(158 )nasal swabs were collected from patients attending Asthma and Allergy Center,AL-Hilla Teaching Hospital and Private clinic in Hilla city.The study included two groups: Persistent Allergic Rhinitis Group and healthy subjects as Control Group to study the correlation between nasal carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus (S.

aureus) and the development of symptoms of Persistent Allergic Rhinitis Patients .It was found that the rate of isolated S.

aureus was higher in Persistent Allergic Rhinitis Group 85.9% in comparison with Control Group 28.8% and the incidence of Persistent Allergic Rhinitis in 10-20 year age group was higher than other age groups 29.5%.

Isolated S.

aureus was higher in male 92.9% than in female77.8%,as well as symptoms of Persistent Allergic Rhinitis and the rate of incidence of S.

aureus were decreased with proceeding in age and symptoms showed high rate in 10-20 year age group..

Antibiotics sensitivity test of S.

aureus showed that all isolates were highly sensitive to Vancomycin, and moderately sensitive to Oxacillin 84.4 % and Ciprofloxacin 58.9%.