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Genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus strains among healthcare workers and patients in the tertiary referral Children's Medical Hospital in Tehran, Iran.
British journal of biomedical science - 1 Jan 2012
Mamishi S, Mahmoudi S, Sadeghi R H, Movahedi Z, Hadipour R, Pourakbari B
Abstract excerpt
Nasal carriage among hospital personnel is an important source of nosocomial staphylococcal infection. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonisation among healthcare workers (HCWs) and its association with infection in children through analysis of antibiotic susceptibility profiles and genetic similarity. Nasal swabs were taken from the anterior nares of HCWs and also a total of...
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