Molecular epidemiology of clinical and carrier strains of methicillin resistant <it>Staphylococcus aureus </it>(MRSA) in the hospital settings of north India

• Main Authors: Dar Mohammad J (Author), Bhat Khalid H (Author), Rizwan Mohammed (Author), Khan Mohammed A (Author), Ali Asif (Author), Khan Jamal A (Author), Thoker Manzoor A (Author), Dar Javid A (Author), Ahmed Niyaz (Author), Ahmad Shamim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The study was conducted between 2000 and 2003 on 750 human subjects, yielding 850 strains of staphylococci from clinical specimens (575), nasal cultures of hospitalized patients (100) and eye & nasal sources of hospital workers (...