Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and patterns of antibiotic resistance in bacterial isolates from patients and staff in a dialysis center of southeast Iran

Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and patterns of antibiotic resistance in bacterial isolates from patients and staff in a dialysis center of southeast Iran

Background and Objective: Staphylococcus aureus is an important infection in hemodialysis patients. We studied the prevalence of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and its antibiotic resistance pattern in patients receiving hemodialysis as well as in dialysis unit...

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Main Authors: Mahnaz Tashakori, Fateme Mohseni-Moghadam, Nazanin Ziasheikholeslami, Parvin Jafarpour, Maryam Behsoun, Maryam Hadavi, Mohammadhossein Gomreei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-04-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
Hemodialyzed patients
Iran
MRSA
Nasal carriers
Staphylococcus aureus
Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/449

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