The correlation between nasal staphylococcus aureus and persistent allergic rhinitis in comparison with atopic dermatitis

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In this study (224 )nasal swabs were collected from Asthma and Allergy Center, AL-Hilla teaching Hospital and Private clinic in Hilla city and included three groups: Persistent Allergic Rhinitis Group, Atopic Dermatitis Group and healthy subjects as Control Group to study the correlation between nasal carriage rate of staphylococcus aureus (S.

aureus) and these two diseases 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(86)% in comparison with Atopic Dermatitis Group (63.7) % 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 female (78.7) %, 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 studied of the isolated S.

aureus showed that all isolates were highly sensitive to Vancomycin, and moderately sensitive to Oxacillin (84.1) % and Ciprofloxacin (61.4) %.