Nasal Carriage by Staphylococcus aureus among Healthcare Workers and Students Attending a University Hospital in Southern Brazil: Prevalence, Phenotypic, and Molecular Characteristics

Nasal Carriage by Staphylococcus aureus among Healthcare Workers and Students Attending a University Hospital in Southern Brazil: Prevalence, Phenotypic, and Molecular Characteristics

Background. Staphylococcus aureus can asymptomatically colonize the human anterior nares and skin, and nasal colonization by this bacterium represents a potential risk for development of invasive infections. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of S. aureus nasal carriage among heal...

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Main Authors: Tiago Danelli, Felipe Crepaldi Duarte, Thilara Alessandra de Oliveira, Raquel Soares da Silva, Daniela Frizon Alfieri, Guilherme Bartolomeu Gonçalves, Caio Ferreira de Oliveira, Eliandro Reis Tavares, Lucy Megumi Yamauchi, Marcia Regina Eches Perugini, Sueli Fumie Yamada-Ogatta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3808036
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