Long-term cortisol levels are not associated with nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-100

  Manenschijn, L ^a   Jetten, A M ^a   Van Wamel, W J B ^a   Tavakol, M ^a   Koper, J W ^a   Van Den Akker, E L T ^a   Van Belkum, A ^a,b   Van Rossum, E F C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HAIR; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOGENICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL MUCOSA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861142874     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1282-2     Document Type: Article

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