Nasal colonization and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus among pre-school children in Ethiopia

Abstract Background Staphylococcus aureus is one of the bacterium that can asymptomatically colonize the human upper respiratory tract (i.e. nose and throat). Carriage of S. aureus, including methicillin resistant S. aureus, is common to children. The aim at this study was to determine the nasal col...

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Main Authors: Alemayehu Reta, Moges Wubie, Getnet Mekuria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-3079-6