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Persistent carriage of MRSA in pig farmers
Methods In this prospective cohort study, pig farmers and their employees from 50 pig farms in The Netherlands were tested for MRSA presence in nose and throat at 5 time points in 8 months. Questionnaires were taken as well. Persistent carriers were defined as persons with 100% of nasal samples positive for MRSA. Multilevel multivariate regression analysis was performed in SAS. This is a prelim...
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a human pathogen that is capable of causing infections of skin and soft tissue, surgical site, respiratory and urinary tract that may results into severe morbidity and mortality [1,2]. It is resistant to all β lactam and other antibiotics like aminoglycosides, tetracycline, macrolides etc [3]. The most important reservoir for its spread are ...
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a human pathogen that is capable of causing infections of skin and soft tissue, surgical site, respiratory and urinary tract that may results into severe morbidity and mortality [1,2]. It is resistant to all β lactam and other antibiotics like aminoglycosides, tetracycline, macrolides etc [3]. The most important reservoir for its spread are ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08x277041