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Heavy metal exposure and nasal Staphylococcus aureus colonization: analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

BACKGROUND: Heavy metals including lead and cadmium can disrupt the immune system and the human microbiota. and are increasingly of concern with respect to the propogation of antibiotic-resistence. Infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of global morbidity a...

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Autores principales: Eggers, Shoshannah, Safdar, Nasia, Malecki, Kristen MC
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5756436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29304819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-017-0349-7