Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospital staff and outpatients
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, cilt.25, sa.2, ss.169-171, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2004
- Doi Numarası: 10.1086/502371
- Dergi Adı: INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.169-171
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study sought to determine the rate of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage among hospital staff and outpatients. Nasal swabs were obtained from 500 outpatients and 500 hospital staff. Hospital staff were 2.3-fold more likely to carry MRSA than were outpatients (6% vs 2.6%, P = .013).