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Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among patients and their parents /guardian in an Iranian referral hospital.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Jun 2017
Pourakbari Babak, Khodabandeh Mahmoud, Mahmoudi Shima, Sabouni Farah, Aziz-Ahari Alireza, Bahador Abbas, Keshavarz Valian Sepideh, Hosseinpour Sadeghi Reihaneh, Mamishi Setareh
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INTRODUCTION: Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in the nose appears to play a key role in the epidemiology and pathogenesis of infection. It is important to investigate the genetic relatedness of S. aureus and MRSA clones in different geographic regions. The aim of this study was to assess the nasal carriage rate of S. aureus, including MRSA strains in both hospitalized children and general adult population...
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