High incidence rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 372-378

  Iyer, Archana ^a   Kumosani, Taha ^a   Azhar, Esam ^a   Barbour, Elie ^a,b   Harakeh, Steve ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Burn unit; Coagulase; MecA gene; MRSA; Nosocomial infections; RFLP

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; NASAL MUCOSA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84896065464     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.3589     Document Type: Article

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