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Methicillin-resistant S. aureus colonization in intensive care unit patients: Early identification and molecular typing.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 31 May 2016
Durmaz Gul, Sanci Ozlem, Oz Yasemin, Guven Kiymet, Kiremitci Abdurrahman, Aksit Filiz
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INTRODUCTION: Early detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in colonized patients is very important for infection control procedures to prevent MRSA spread. We aimed to monitor MRSA carriage in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and to evaluate the speed and efficiency of conventional culture, immunological, chromogenic, and molecular methods together with genotyping. METHODOLOGY: Nasal...
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