Methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in a random sample of non-hospitalized adult population in northern Germany.

Methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in a random sample of non-hospitalized adult population in northern Germany.

OBJECTIVE:The findings from truly randomized community-based studies on Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization are scarce. Therefore we have examined point prevalence and risk factors of S. aureus nasal carriage in a non-hospitalized population of Braunschweig, northern Germany. METHODS:A total of...

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Main Authors: Jaishri Mehraj, Manas K Akmatov, Julia Strömpl, Anja Gatzemeier, Franziska Layer, Guido Werner, Dietmar H Pieper, Eva Medina, Wolfgang Witte, Frank Pessler, Gérard Krause
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4176714?pdf=render

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