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Methicillin resistance of Staphylococcus species among health care and nonhealth care workers undergoing cataract surgery

Author(s) -

Olson,

Eric D. Donnenfeld,

Bucci,

Price,

Raizman,

Solomon Solomon,

Devgan,

William Trattler,

Dell,

Wallace,

Callegan,

Brown,

McDonnell,

Conway,

Schiffman,

Hollander

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

clinical ophthalmology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025

H-Index - 56

eISSN - 1177-5483

pISSN - 1177-5467

DOI - 10.2147/opth.s14333

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , staphylococcus epidermidis , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , cataract surgery , confidence interval , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , prospective cohort study , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics

The purpose of this study is to characterize the bacterial flora of the ocular and periocular surface in cataract surgery patients and to determine the prevalence of methicillin resistance among staphylococcal isolates obtained from health care workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs.

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