The prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus colonization among healthcare workers at a specialist hospital in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2438-2441

  Ahmad, S ^a  

^a PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; CATALASE; CEFALOTIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MANNITOL; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78650073062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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