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Staphylococcal nasal carriage of health care workers.

Naeem N Akhtar

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 20(7):439-43 (2010) PMID 20642942

To determine the frequency of staphylococcal nasal carriage of health care workers (HCWs) and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of the isolates for appropriate decolonization therapy.

DOI: 07.2010/JCPSP.439443
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