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Low prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus as determined by an automated identification system in two private hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) is a major cause of both healthcare and community acquired infections. In developing countries, manual phenotypic tests are the mainstay for the identification of staphylococci with the tube and slide coagulase tests being relied upon as confirmatory test...
Autores principales: | Omuse, Geoffrey, Kabera, Beatrice, Revathi, Gunturu |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269929/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25495139 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0669-y |
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