Nasal Carriage of Staphylococci among Health Care Workers and Impact of Conventional Decolonisation Methods
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Staphylococcal nasal carriage of health care workers.
OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of staphylococcal nasal carriage of health care workers (HCWs) and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of the isolates for appropriate decolonization therapy. STUDY DESIGN An observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The study was conducted at Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, during the period from May 2007 to April 2008. METHODOLOGY Nasal swa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2395-2407
DOI: 10.47210/bjohns.2021.v29i1.426