Self-sampling is appropriate for detection of <it>Staphylococcus aureus</it>: a validation study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Studies frequently use nasal swabs to determine <it>Staphylococcus aureus</it> carriage. Self-sampling would be extremely useful in an outhospital research situation, but has not been studied in a healthy population. We s...

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Main Authors: van Cleef Brigitte AGL, van Rijen Miranda, Ferket Marianne, Kluytmans Jan AJW
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:http://www.aricjournal.com/content/1/1/34