Colonization of nursing professionals by Staphylococcus aureus;A colonização dos profissionais de enfermagem por Staphylococcus aureus

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-331

  de Moura, Josely Pinto ^a,e   Pimenta, Fabiana Cristina ^b,c   Hayashida, Miyeko ^a   de Almeida Cruz, Elaine Drehmer ^d   da Silva Canini, Silvia Rita Marin ^a   Gir, Elucir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e Doutorando em Fitotecnia bolsista da CAPES UFV MG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carrier State; Methicillin Resistance; Nursing; Prevalence; Staphylococcus aureus; Team

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958166611     PISSN: 01041169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-11692011000200014     Document Type: Article

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