NASAL CARRIAGE OF MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN POSITIVE IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS OF TUDUN-WADA, GOMBE STATE, NIGERIA.

Background: Panton-Valentine Leucocidin (PVL)-producing strains have been implicated in serious community-associated invasive infections and their increasing multidrug resistance is a major global health concern. Thus, we investigated the prevalence of the PVL gene and the antimicrobial resistance profile of nasal isolates from healthy adults in Tundu-Wada, Gombe State of Nigeria.

Methods And Materials: A total of 262 nasal samples from healthy adults were obtained and cultured.