Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and lack of its lytic bacteriophages in the anterior nares of patients and healthcare workers at a rural clinic

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-81

  Aswani, Vijay H ^a   Shukla, Sanjay K ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory patients; Anterior nares; Healthcare environment workers; Lytic bacteriophages; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRUS CULTURE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOPHAGES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 79960353338     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: 15546179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2010.954     Document Type: Article

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