An algorithm based on one or two nasal samples is accurate to identify persistent nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 551-557

  Verhoeven, P O ^a,b   Grattard, F ^a,b   Carricajo, A ^a,b   Lucht, F ^a,b   Cazorla, C ^b   Garraud, O ^a   Pozzetto, B ^a   Berthelot, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Carrier state; Nasal mucosa; Persistent carriage; Risk factor; Screening test; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84861006162     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03611.x     Document Type: Article

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