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September 12, 2025Sokoto Journal of Medical Laboratory ScienceOpen Access

Prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among students in college of Health Sciences at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso

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AMAlao Bolanle MorufatOOOdetunde Hezekiah OluwasegunHIHamzat Ademola Ibraheem

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Cross-sectional analysis shows 45.6% MRSA colonization among health science students, indicating significant public health risks.

Key Points

  • A significant prevalence of MRSA was found among health science students at 45.6%, posing public health concerns.
  • Awareness of MRSA was high among participants at 84.5%, yet gaps in formal education were evident.
  • Key risk factors included shared accommodation (48.8%) and recent antibiotic use (42.6%), indicating potential transmission routes.
  • Despite high awareness, 25.6% of participants reported inadequate adherence to hand hygiene practices, emphasizing the need for better training.

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Morufat et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d44f6931b076d99fa56646https://doi.org/10.4314/sokjmls.v10i2.36
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