Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in renal transplant patients

Objective to evaluate the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in renal transplant patients and to identify the related risk factors. Method Swabs were used to collect nasal samples from 160 patients who had undergone a transplant within the previous year at the Kidney and Hypert...

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Main Authors: Luiz Carlos Ribeiro Lamblet, Dulce Aparecida Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-10-01
Series:Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342014000500827&lng=en&tlng=en