Human factor in Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6685-6688

  Nouwen, Jan ^a   Boelens, Hélène ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Verbrugh, Henri ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INOCULATION; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; NASAL MUCOSA; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 7044247566     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.11.6685-6688.2004     Document Type: Article

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