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, Scopus)

• 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
• Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
• 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.