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Nasal Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Among Hospital Staff and Outpatients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Salih Cesur  and
Fügen Çokça
Salih Cesur*
Affiliation:
Refik Saydam Hygiene Centre, Tuberculosis Referance and Research Laboratory, University of Ankara Faculty of Medicine Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Bacteriology, Sihhiye, Ankara
Fügen Çokça
Affiliation:
Refik Saydam Hygiene Centre, Tuberculosis Referance and Research Laboratory, University of Ankara Faculty of Medicine Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Bacteriology, Sihhiye, Ankara
*
Refik Saydam Hifzissihha Merkez Baskanligi Tüberküloz Referans ve Arastirma Laboratory, AB Blok Kat:3, 06100 Sihhiye-Ankara, Turkey
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Abstract

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).

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , February 2004 , pp. 169 - 171
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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