Nasal carriage of Methicillin- and Mupirocin-resistant S. aureusamong health care workers in a tertiary care hospital

• Hauptverfasser: Loveleena Agarwal (Verfasst von), Amit Kumar Singh (Verfasst von), Chandrim Sengupta (Verfasst von), Amitabh Agarwal (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ranks top among the nosocomial pathogens. Nasal formulation of mupirocin is found to eradicate MRSA from colonized individuals, but the emergence of resistant strains is a matter of concern. Methods: Nasal swabs were collected from 200 he...