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Nasal Screening for MRSA: Different Swabs – Different Results!

OBJECTIVES: Swab-based nasal screening is commonly used to identify asymptomatic carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in patients. Bacterial detection depends on the uptake and release capacities of the swabs and on the swabbing technique itself. This study investigates the performance of different swa...

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Autores principales: Warnke, Philipp, Frickmann, Hagen, Ottl, Peter, Podbielski, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25353631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111627