Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among outpatients attending primary health care centers: A comparative study of two cities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-76

  Abou Shady, Hala M ^a   Bakr, Alaa Eldin A ^a,b   Hashad, Mahmoud E ^c   Alzohairy, Mohammad A ^d  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b Environmental Quality International   (Egypt)

^c Cairo University   (Egypt)

^d QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA); Outpatients in Egypt and Saudi Arabia; SCCmec typing; Spa typing

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM NASAL CARRIAGE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PVL GENE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SAUDI ARABIA; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMANS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NASAL CAVITY; OUTPATIENTS; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EGYPT; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NASAL CAVITY; OUTPATIENTS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84921697044     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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