Association Between Contact Sports and Colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in a Prospective Cohort of Collegiate Athletes.

Natalia Jimenez-TruqueElizabeth J SayeNicole SoperBenjamin R SavilleIsaac ThomsenKathryn M EdwardsC Buddy Creech

Published in: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) (2018)

Staphylococcus aureus carriage was common in contact sports athletes. These findings suggest that efforts to prevent transmission of S. aureus among athletes should be focused on contact sports teams.

Keyphrases

staphylococcus aureus
high school
biofilm formation
body composition
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
escherichia coli