Better detection of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage by use of nylon flocked swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4242-4244

  Verhoeven, Paul ^b   Grattard, Florence ^b   Carricajo, Anne ^b   Pozzetto, Bruno ^a   Berthelot, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; NASAL MUCOSA; NYLONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78049511224     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01425-10     Document Type: Article

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