Antibiotic susceptibility profile and prevalence of mecA and lukS-PV/lukF-PV genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from nasal and pharyngeal sources of medical students in Ecuador

BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus is a common nasal colonizer in 20–30% of the general population. When mucosal and cutaneous barriers are disrupted, S. aureus can cause severe infections. While MRSA nasal carriers have an increased risk of infections when compared to non-carriers, prolonged exposur...

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Autores principales: Bastidas, Carlos A, Villacrés-Granda, Irina, Navarrete, Daniela, Monsalve, Mishell, Coral-Almeida, Marco, Cifuentes, Sara G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6701660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31496767
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S219358

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