Nasal and hand carriage rate of Metiiicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) among health care workers in Mekelle Hospital, North Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-47

  Gebreyesus, Araya ^a   Gebre Selassie, Solomon ^b   Mihert, Adane ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Hand carriage; Health care workers; Methicillin resistant; Nasal carriage; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HAND; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE CAVITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876213869     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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