The effects of regular hot black tea consumption on nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
| Autor: | Yalçın Erdoğan, Mehmet Balcı, Mahmut Özkiriş, Zeliha Kapusuz Gencer, Nezihe Yılmaz, Levent Saydam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Turkey education Population Nose medicine.disease_cause complex mixtures Microbiology Beverages Young Adult Internal medicine mental disorders Humans Medicine Young adult Black tea Aged education.field_of_study Tea business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) food and beverages General Medicine Middle Aged Staphylococcal Infections Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Swab Carrier State Female business |
| Zdroj: | The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat. 24:148-152 |
| ISSN: | 2147-6756 1300-7475 |
| Popis: | Objectives This study aims to evaluate the possible relationship between oral consumption of hot black tea and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal carriage in a mid-sized town population in central Anatolia. Patients and methods Nasal swabs were taken from a total of 109 subjects (53 females, 56 males; mean age 34.4 years; range 18 to 65 years) including 55 non-tea drinkers and 54 subjects consuming more than 10 cups of tea a day. The MRSA positivity in the nasal cultures was investigated. Results In the tea consumer group MRSA was cultured in 10 subjects. Twenty-one subjects' nasal cultures were positive for MRSA in the non-tea drinkers. We found a statistically significant difference in the nasal MRSA carriage among tea drinkers and non-tea drinkers. Conclusion Our study findings indicate a lower incidence of nasal MRSA carriage in tea drinkers, suggesting that certain soluble tea compounds may exhibit some antibacterial properties when consumed orally. |
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