Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in nursing home residents in Bolu, Turkey

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-187

  Karabay, O ^a   Otkun, M T ^b   Yavuz, M T ^a   Otkun, M ^b  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DEFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33749587614     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000300010     Document Type: Article

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