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Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus, including community-associated methicillin-resistant strains, in Queensland adults.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2009
Munckhof W J, Nimmo G R, Schooneveldt J M, Schlebusch S, Stephens A J, Williams G, Huygens F, Giffard P
Abstract excerpt
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are emerging in southeast Queensland, Australia, but the incidence of carriage of CA-MRSA strains is unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the nasal carriage rate of S. aureus, including CA-MRSA strains, in the general adult population of southeast Queensland. 396 patients presenting to general practices in two Brisbane...
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