Prevalence of mrsanasal carriage in patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Southern India

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages DC11-DC13

  George, Kalpana ^a   Abdulkader, Jasmine Kulapurathu ^b   Sugumar, Madhan ^c   Rajagopal, Girija Kalarikkal ^d  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Government Medical College   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Nasal colonization; Nasal swabs; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFOXITIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NOSE INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

EID: 84956882449     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/18259.7262     Document Type: Article

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