Nasal carriage of Methicillin- and Mupirocin-resistant S. aureus among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital

OBJECTIVE: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ranks top among the nosocomial pathogens. Nasal formulation of mupirocin is found to eradicate MRSA from colonized individuals, but the emergence of resistant strains is a matter of concern. METHODS: Nasal swabs were collected from 200 he...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Loveleena, Singh, Amit Kumar, Sengupta, Chandrim, Agarwal, Amitabh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4645129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26645023
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2279-042X.167046

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4645129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26645023
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2279-042X.167046

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