Surveillance of Australian Hajj pilgrims for carriage of potentially pathogenic bacteria: Data from two pilot studies

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World J Clin Cases. Mar 16, 2017; 5(3): 102-111
Published online Mar 16, 2017. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v5.i3.102

Table 3 Carriage rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Staphylococcus aureus

	During Hajj		Post-Hajj	P¹
	First day of Mina (NAT)	Last day of Mina (NAT)	Standard culture
S. pneumoniae	1/10	26/183	1/93	< 0.01
N. meningitidis	--	1/183	2/93	0.26
S. aureus	--	--	17/93

¹P value is for the difference in carriage detection rates for the last day of Mina vs post-Hajj by standard culture. NAT: Nucleic acid testing; N. meningitidis: Neisseria meningitidis; S. pneumoniae: Streptococcus pneumoniae; S. aureus: Staphylococcus aureus.

Citation: Azeem MI, Tashani M, Badahdah AM, Heron L, Pedersen K, Jeoffreys N, Kok J, Haworth E, Dwyer DE, Hill-Cawthorne G, Rashid H, Booy R. Surveillance of Australian Hajj pilgrims for carriage of potentially pathogenic bacteria: Data from two pilot studies. World J Clin Cases 2017; 5(3): 102-111
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2307-8960/full/v5/i3/102.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v5.i3.102