Follow-up of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage after 8 years: Redefining the persistent carrier state

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3133-3140

  VandenBergh, Marjolein F Q ^a,c   Yzerman, Ed P F ^b,c   Van Belkum, Alex ^c   Boelens, Hélène A M ^c   Sijmons, Marly ^c   Verbrugh, Henri A ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032879157     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3133-3140.1999     Document Type: Article

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