Open AccessRelative Frequency of Staphylococcal Carriage and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Isolated Staphylococci in Hemodialysis Patients in Shiraz, Iran
Author(s) -
Mohammad Motamedifar,
Parvin Hassanzadeh,
Narjes Ghafari
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medical principles and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1423-0151
pISSN - 1011-7571
DOI - 10.1159/000316377
Subject(s) - medicine , staphylococcus aureus , hemodialysis , ciprofloxacin , anterior nares , antibiotics , vancomycin , erythromycin , dialysis , carriage , clindamycin , surgery , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , genetics , bacteria , biology
The purpose of this study was to determine the nasal carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus in hemodialysis patients and the antibiogram of all isolated S. aureus from carriers.