Self-sampling is appropriate for detection of Staphylococcus aureus: A validation study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages

  van Cleef, Brigitte A G L ^a,b,c   van Rijen, Miranda ^c   Ferket, Marianne ^c   Kluytmans, Jan A J W ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

MRSA; Self sampling; Staphylcococcus aureus; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NURSING STAFF; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SELF SAMPLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84886746788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-1-34     Document Type: Article

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