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Throat Swabs Are Necessary to Reliably Detect Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus
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The anterior nares are the most important screening site of colonization with Staphylococcus aureus. We screened 2966 individuals for S. aureus carriage with swabs of both nares and throat. A total of 37.1% of persons were nasal carriers, and 12.8% were solely throat carriers. Screening of throat swabs significantly increases the sensitivity of detection among carriers by 25.7%.
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The role of nasal carriage in Staphylococcus aureus infections
Wertheim, H. F., Melles, D. C., Vos, M. C., van Leeuwen, W., van Belkum, A., Verbrugh, H. A., & Nouwen, J. L. (2005) · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(05)70295-4 · Cited by 2,685
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- Authors
- Mertz, D., Frei, R., Jaussi, B., Tietz, A., Stebler, C., Fluckiger, U., & Widmer, A. F.
- Venue
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2007-08-15
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 475-477
- ISSN
- 1058-4838 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-6591
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- W2141315773
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- 237
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 14.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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