Effect of mupirocin treatment on nasal, pharyngeal, and perineal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in healthy adults

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1465-1467

  Wertheim, Heiman F L ^a   Verveer, Jeroen ^a   Boelens, Hélène A M ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a   Vos, Magreet C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OINTMENT; PERINEUM; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROAT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; MUPIROCIN; NOSE; OINTMENTS; PERINEUM; PHARYNX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16244402275     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1465-1467.2005     Document Type: Article

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