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Follow-up of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage after 8 years: redefining the persistent carrier state

Description : Studies of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage have distinguished three carriage patterns: persistent, intermittent, and noncarriage. The criteria used to identify these carriage patterns have been inconsistent. In 1988 the S. aureus nasal carrier index, i.e., the prop...
Language(s) : English
Subject(s) : Male , Adult , Female , Humans , Follow-Up Studies , Time Factors , Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field , Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique , Staphylococcus aureus/*isolation & purification , Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length , Carrier State/*microbiology , Nasal Mucosa/*microbiology
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Publication Date(s) : 1999-01-01