%0 Journal Article %1 cesur_nasal_2004 %A Cesur, Salih %A Cokça, Fügen %D 2004 %J Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology: The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America %K Carrier Cross Disease Hospital, Humans, Infection, Infections, Methicillin Nose, Outpatients, Personnel, Reservoirs, Resistance, Staphylococcal Staphylococcus State, Turkey aureus, %N 2 %P 169--171 %R 10.1086/502371 %T Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospital staff and outpatients %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14994946 %V 25 %X 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).

@article{cesur_nasal_2004, 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).}, added-at = {2011-03-11T10:05:34.000+0100}, author = {Cesur, Salih and Cokça, Fügen}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2dc4511ff5828a727b2e36360759d8348/jelias}, doi = {10.1086/502371}, interhash = {e67a6f30b75ba9e2ae142060d2ea5b81}, intrahash = {dc4511ff5828a727b2e36360759d8348}, issn = {{0899-823X}}, journal = {Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology: The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America}, keywords = {Carrier Cross Disease Hospital, Humans, Infection, Infections, Methicillin Nose, Outpatients, Personnel, Reservoirs, Resistance, Staphylococcal Staphylococcus State, Turkey aureus,}, month = feb, note = {{PMID:} 14994946}, number = 2, pages = {169--171}, timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:06:15.000+0100}, title = {Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospital staff and outpatients}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14994946}, volume = 25, year = 2004 }