Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among hospitalised patients with tuberculosis in rural KwaZulu-Natal

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 332-334

  Heysell, Scott K ^a,d   Shenoi, Sheela V ^b,d   Catterick, Kathryn ^c,d   Thomas, Tania A ^a,c,d   Friedland, Gerald ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Church of Scotland Hospital   (South Africa)

^d Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; ISONIAZID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79957459681     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4462     Document Type: Article

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