The epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients attending inner city sexually transmitted infections and community clinics in Calgary, Canada.

BACKGROUND:Although the nares represent the most common carriage site for traditional hospital-associated strains of Staphylococcus aureus (SA), the predominant site of carriage of SA in the community is less certain. METHODS:We conducted a cross-sectional study in 285 patients attending sexually tr...

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Main Authors: Alejandra Ugarte Torres, Angel Chu, Ron Read, Judy MacDonald, Daniel Gregson, Thomas Louie, Johanna Delongchamp, Linda Ward, Joann McClure, Kunyan Zhang, John Conly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5444836?pdf=render