Ocorrência de staphylococcus, sp, em 91 servidores estaduais do setor de produção de medicamentos, 1986. Goiânia-Go

Abstract

Ninety-one (91) clinicai specimen were obtained among public health civil servants working in various áreas of production, industrialization and medicine manipulation. Four samples were collected from each of them, being l from the nose, l from the pharynx, l from the armpit and l from the hands. The samples were smears in Blood agar and Difco agar manitol. After a 24 hour incubation period at a temperature ranging from 35 to 37°C, typical Staphylococcus colonies developed, which were submitted to the catalase and coagulase tests. The results correspond to normal body flora as reported in litterature. Of the 79 Staphylococcus sp positive servants, 35,44% were assymptomatic Staphylococcus aureus carriers, 64,55% were carriers of negative coagulase Staphylococcus. Because of such occurrences, we point out the need for suitable clothing in order to avoid the spreading of this bacterium in medicine.