Prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] colonization or carriage among health-care workers

• Main Authors: Nirmal A. Pathare (Author), Harshini Asogan (Author), Sara Tejani (Author), Gaitha Al Mahruqi (Author), Salma Al Fakhri (Author), Roshna Zafarulla (Author), Anil V. Pathare (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Elsevier, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Summary: In Oman, the prevalence of health care associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [HA-MRSA] is unknown. Therefore, to estimate the prevalence of HA-MRSA, we collected nasal swabs and swabs from cell phones on sterile polyester swabs and immediately inoculated on the mannitol sal...