Prevalence of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and its antibiotic susceptibility pattern in healthcare workers at Namazi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
Author(s) -
Mehrdad Askarian,
Alihosein Zeinalzadeh,
Aziz Japoni,
Abdolvahab Alborzi,
Ziad A. Memish
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.11.026
Subject(s) - medicine , carriage , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , linezolid , mupirocin , clindamycin , sccmec , staphylococcus aureus , fusidic acid , antibiotics , odds ratio , microbiology and biotechnology , vancomycin , biology , bacteria , genetics , pathology
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among healthcare workers (HCWs) at Namazi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran.
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