Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among healthcare workers in Kisangani, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1567-1572

  De Boeck, H ^a   Vandendriessche, S ^b   Hallin, M ^b   Batoko, B ^c   Alworonga, J P ^c   Mapendo, B ^c   Van Geet, C ^d   Dauly, N ^c   Denis, O ^b   Jacobs, J ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Department of Pediatrics University Hospital Kisangani   (Congo)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEUKOCIDIN; LINCOSAMIDE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN F, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; EXOTOXIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOSE MUCOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; NASAL MUCOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUPERANTIGENS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937967782     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-015-2387-9     Document Type: Article

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