In carriers, staphylococci are found in the following sites except

Staphylococci are primary parasites of human beings and animals, colonizing the skin, skin glands, and mucous membranes. The most common source of infection in human patients and carriers, animals and inanimate objects being less impoant. Patients with superficial infections and respiratory infection disseminate large numbers of staphylococci into the environment. About 10-30 percent of healthy persons carry staphylococci in the nose and about 10 percent in the perineum and also on the hair. The vaginal carriage is about 5-10 percent, which rises gently during menses, a factor relevant in the pathogenesis of TSS related to menstruation. staphylococcal carriage stas early in life, colonization of the umbilical stump being very common in babies born in hospitals. Ref: Textbook of Microbiology; Ananthanarayan and Panicker's; 10th Edition; Page No: 205