Nose picking and nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 863-867

  Wertheim, Heiman F L ^a   Van Kleef, Menno ^a   Vos, Margreet C ^a   Ott, Alewijn ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a   Fokkens, Wytske ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EAR DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; NOSE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFLEX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33748278521     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506401     Document Type: Article

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