Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci among healthcare workers of a university teaching hospital, Iran

• Main Authors: Aghamali, Mina (Author), Taghizadeh, Sepehr (Author), Mehramuz, Bahareh (Author), Gholizadeh, Pourya (Author), Tanomand, Asghar (Author), Ganbarov, Khudaverdi (Author), Leylabadlo, Hamed E. (Author), Asgharzadeh, Mohammad (Author), Kafil, Hossein S. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The opportunistic pathogens, methicillin-resistant- (MRSA) and , are associated with severe nosocomial infections and high levels of mortality. Healthcare workers colonized with either MRSA or methicillin-resistant (MRSE) in the nasal cavity are high risk groups for transmitting the agen...