Optimizing screening procedures for Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in patients on haemodialysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1256-1258

  Wanten, Geert J A ^a,b   Schneeberger, Peter M ^a   Bevers, Annelies ^a   Van Ginneken, Egidia ^a   Koolen, Marianne I ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enrichment procedure; Haemodialysis; Nasal carriage; Screening interval; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; NASAL CAVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031979938     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.5.1256     Document Type: Article

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