Prevalence and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage inpatients in a tertiary care hospital's chest clinic in Turkey


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OGUZKAYA-ARTAN M., ARTAN C., Baykan Z.

NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, cilt.19, sa.3, ss.313-317, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/1119-3077.179285
  • Dergi Adı: NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.313-317
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Carriage, chest clinic, inpatients, Staphylococcus aureus, COLONIZATION, COMMUNITY, DETERMINANTS, HOST
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: We aimed to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors for nasal methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA/MRSA) carriage among patients admitted to a chest clinic of a tertiary care hospital in this study.