Insights into nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in an urban and a rural community in Ghana.

The epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in the community in Ghana was never investigated prior to this study. The aims of the study were: i) to assess prevalence of nasal S. aureus carriage in Ghanaian people living in an urban and a rural area, and ii) to identify phenotypic and genotypic traits...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Beverly Egyir, Luca Guardabassi, Joseph Esson, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Mercy Jemima Newman, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Anders Rhod Larsen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0096119&type=printable