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Prevalence of Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and Susceptibility of Isolates to Methicillin and Mupirocin Among Healthcare Workers in an Iranian Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Mohammad Rahbar ,
Mahmood Yaghoobi  and
Behnam Kia-Darbandsari
Mohammad Rahbar*
Affiliation:
Reference Laboratory of Iran, Department of Microbiology, Tehran, Iran
Mahmood Yaghoobi
Affiliation:
Infection Control Committee, Milad Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Behnam Kia-Darbandsari
Affiliation:
Infection Control Committee, Milad Hospital, Tehran, Iran
*
Reference Laboratory of Iran, Department of Microbiology, PO Box 17115-365, Tehran, Iran (mhhf_rz@yahoo.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , March 2006 , pp. 323 - 325
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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