Age- and gender-associated Staphylococcus aureus spa types found among nasal carriers in a general population: The Tromsø Staph and Skin Study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4213-4218

  Sangvik, Maria ^a   Olsen, Renate Slind ^a   Olsen, Karina ^a,b   Simonsen, Gunnar Skov ^a,b   Furberg, Anne Sofie ^a,b   Sollid, Johanna U Ericson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NOSE SMEAR; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; NASAL CAVITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 82455220492     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05290-11     Document Type: Article

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