Research progress in environmental contamination of Staphylococci in public places

The transmission and infection of Staphylococci are significant public health issues.Recently,the role of environment in Staphylococci transmission among people has been confirmed,and the crowding of public places has facilitated the spread of Staphylococci among population.Thus,the study summarized the contamination level,characteristics of SCCmec types,antibiotics resistance patterns and homology analysis of Staphylococci in public areas at home and abroad.Many studies confirmed that buses,trains,subways,recreational beaches,automatic teller machines,campuses and parks are reservoirs of Staphylococci.The resistance to antibiotics is alarming,especially for penicillin.Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)isolates are from both communities and hospitals.Cluster analyses of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis(PFGE)suggested the risks of environment-human cross transmission.Daily surveillance and disinfection of Staphylococci,especially MRSA,are necessary in the future for the prevention and control of the spread of Staphylococci.